Atticus
by Juno Jakob
Title:
Atticus
Author:
Juno Jakob
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
102 pages, 1 b&w illustration
Publisher:
Beercott Books
ISBN-13:
9781916395398
EAN:
9781916395398
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
362
Dimensions (mm):
145 x 227 x 18
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£15.59
1 copies in stock
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Description
Written during hospitalisation for schizophrenia and depression, Juno Jakob's debut adult novel is a look at the complex puzzle of mental illness, life on a psychiatric ward and the power of love and friendship.In October of 2008, twenty-seven-year-old Dylan Samuel is sectioned at St. John's Psychiatric Hospital following a mental breakdown and diagnosis of schizophrenia. During his involuntary stay and with the help of his psychiatrist, Dr. Francis Romero and a kind hallucination, a fox named Atticus, Dylan navigates the ward as well as the broken parts of his mind and begins a road to recovery.
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