A vital counter-interpretation of madness in women, showing how it is often a consequence of, rather than a deviation from, the traditional female role.

    "A beautiful and significant book about love." The New York Times.

    A New York City photographer working at Bellevue falls in with a gang of terrorists and is witness to a series of violent, inexplicable events.

    In that book and now in Rusty s Story, she displays her extraordinary gift for reaching out to others and touching the common chord of humanity in all of us. Barbara Russell - Rusty - was a normal if poor teenager until her freshman year of high school, when she had an epileptic seizure at a football game. From then on, misdiagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia as well as toxicity from over medication led to nightmarish periods in a state mental institution. Even after she began living with Carol, a nurse, who joined her fight for more humane treatment, nothing improved. With persistence and patience they were able to......well, let s not give away the ending, we can tell you it will be a book you will not want to put down. Enjoy!It won the Epilepsy Foundation National Book Award