Ranked #11 in Schizophrenia, Ranked #55 in Psychiatry — see more rankings.
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden is the story of a sixteen-year-old who retreats from reality into the bondage of a lushly imagined but threatening kingdom, and her slow and painful journey back to sanity.
Chronicles the three-year battle of a mentally ill, but perceptive, teenage girl against a world of her own creation, emphasizing her relationship with the doctor who gave her the ammunition of self-understanding with which to help herself.
"I wrote this novel, which is a fictionalized autobiography, to give a picture of what being schizophrenic feels like and... more
Chronicles the three-year battle of a mentally ill, but perceptive, teenage girl against a world of her own creation, emphasizing her relationship with the doctor who gave her the ammunition of self-understanding with which to help herself.
"I wrote this novel, which is a fictionalized autobiography, to give a picture of what being schizophrenic feels like and... more
Rankings by Category
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden is ranked in the following categories:
- #91 in Mental Health