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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: A Novel | Joanne Greenberg
Suffering from schizophrenia, sixteen-year-old Deborah struggles to overcome her illness and rejoin the real world with the help of her hospital psychiatrist, in a new edition of the classic, semi-autobiographical novel. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.
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TheBookgeekFrau
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TheBookgeekFrau @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I read it about 100 years ago; good, but not a long lasting impression since I don't remember it 😂 1y
Eggs Pretty sure I read this when I was in my 20s, but other than the title I don‘t recall much 1y
TheBookgeekFrau @Eggs that's when I read it. I read this and Sybil because I heard about them both for what seemed like my whole life. Sybil blew my mind! I think I need to read it again 1y
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RedCurly
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It was so so so good! I never heard of this until I found it in the bookstore. It was advertised for those who love The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. Yes, it is quite similar but from a different perspective.

Ruthiella I read this as a teenager and loved it (and the movie too). 1y
RedCurly @Ruthiella I didn't know there is a movie! I will check it! 1y
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BookDragonNotWorm
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#7days7books Day 2

Has anyone else read it?

Thanks @erzascarletbookgasm for the tag!

KathyWheeler Oh my! I read that about 1000 years ago! I think I remember liking it, but I don‘t remember much about it. 5y
erzascarletbookgasm I thought it was from a song! 🙈 5y
BookDragonNotWorm @KathyWheeler I think I was 14 the first time I read it and it hit me so hard! 5y
BookDragonNotWorm @erzascarletbookgasm 😂 It's in a song, too, but I think the book came out first. 5y
KathyWheeler @BookDragonNotWorm I think I was about that age too and remember that it had an impact on me. Now I‘m 62, so it‘s been a long time! 5y
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megnews
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I read this story of a young girl with schizophrenia losing touch with reality in my teens and I recall it sticking with me for a long time.
#LiteraryLove #Roses

LeahBergen I remember that cover! 6y
vkois88 Wow, I bet. Such a heavy subject 6y
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TheBookgeekFrau
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I can‘t swear to it, but I‘m pretty damn sure I liked this book🤔

#GetMovin Day29 #Roses

Ruthiella I loved this book. I read it at maybe 14 or so? I also saw the TV movie for it which I liked. 6y
AmyG I remember loving this book. I have no clue what it‘s about. I saw the TV movie, too. 6y
TheBookgeekFrau @AmyG lol I‘m so glad I‘m not the only one who suffers from bad book-memory 😂 6y
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TheBookgeekFrau @Ruthiella I never saw the move, but I remember now; I did like this book, it was Sybil I didn‘t like 6y
Cinfhen It‘s a title I know but I don‘t think I ever read it🤭🤫 did you read this one @DebinHawaii @LauraBeth ??? 6y
DebinHawaii @Cinfhen I did read it years and years ago--sometime in my teens. I just barely remember it--the book and the movie. I mainly remember her fantasy world. 6y
Cinfhen This would be from my teen days, too!! @DebinHawaii 6y
LauraBeth @Cinfhen and @DebinHawaii I haven‘t thought about this book in YEARS! I read it when I was 13 or 14. I really liked it. 😀 6y
Cinfhen I had a feeling you two would have read this @DebinHawaii @LauraBeth I‘m definitely adding it to my never ending #TBR #STACKED 6y
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Mindyrecycles
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I read this so many times when I was a kid. Once I was at a friend's house and brought it along, and her super religious dad picked it up and read the back and pronounced it "not good reading." Really pissed me off because I knew it was a great book. But I was 12 and powerless so didn't argue. Looking back, sheesh...what a know-nothing bully. #promises #heartsandhardcovers

LeahBergen I read this several times as a kid, too! 7y
DebinHawaii I remember this one! 📚👍 7y
SolitaryBookLover I have seen this at the library so many times and think I should borrow it. Next time, I will! 7y
Bookish.Heart I‘ve never read this! Going on my stack! 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Ooohhh I‘m going to stack it!!!! 7y
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Centique
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#tuneintonovember #mrasylum

Reading all your posts about asylum books reminded me of a book I loved as a teen. It‘s a semi autobiographical novel about a 16 year old schizophrenic girl who gets some help to find her way out of an imagined world that has become her reality. I thought it might be outdated but it‘s still getting some good reviews on GR, so hopefully still one to recommend!

LeahBergen I loved this one! I read it in junior high. 👏🏻 7y
merelybookish What a cover! 7y
Suelizbeth Gosh! I forgot all about that Book. I loved it when I was in junior high, too, @LeahBergen 👍 7y
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Robothugs I haven‘t read this, but it sounds really good 7y
Cinfhen I remember this book!!! Wow #bookmemories I'd love to do a reread😍thanks for posting & sharing 7y
DebinHawaii I forgot all about this one! I read it back in the day too! 👍📚 7y
Bklover Oh, I remember this one!! I may have to read it again. It‘s been decades. 7y
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Paperback.Propensity
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Measure the hate you feel now, and the shame. That quantity is your capacity also to love and to feel joy and to have compassion.

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Paperback.Propensity
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#bookmail! This is what I do with my Bing reward points; I get used books.

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BookishFeminist
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Another fave place to relax is a rose garden that my grandma always used to take me to when I was little. These pictures don't do it justice. There's BEDS of practically every variety of rose. ?

These are my two favorite places to read—this granite bench tucked away from everyone under a tree (Introvert Rating 10/10 ?s), & also the benches with trellises. Bitches LOVE trellises. (7/10 ?s).

I come here when it's not a heat index of 109°. ??

BekahB Absolutely gorgeous! 8y
NatalieR Beautiful! 📖🌹 8y
BookishFeminist @BekahB @NatalieR Thank you!! I love it so much. Makes my heart swell. ❤️🌹 8y
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mhillis Books and flowers! 🌹🌷🌻 8y
GinaAnderson Bitches do indeed love trellises. And pergolas. 8y
CherylDeFranceschi Beautiful bower! 8y
becausetrains @GinaAnderson any word on gazebos? 8y
GinaAnderson @becausetrains Gazebos are for losers. I'm a winner. 8y
becausetrains @GinaAnderson 😂😂😂🏆 8y
Trav So pretty 🌺🌸💐🌻 8y
BookishFeminist @mhillis @CherylDeFranceschi @trav thanks! It's my happy place. 😊 8y
Sydsavvy That's beautiful. 8y
BookishFeminist @becausetrains @GinaAnderson 😂😂 I'm with you, Gina. I'll take a trellis any day over a gazebo. 8y
BookishFeminist @Chessa 😂😂 I am definitely punchy today. Not enough sleep last night! Also it's 100% true, lol. 8y
BookishFeminist @Sydsavvy It is! I'm very lucky to have it nearby. These photos don't begin to do it justice bc a thunderstorm was rolling in when I took them, so there was bad lighting. 8y
Sydsavvy Oh wow, I'm just imagining. My grandmother had the most beautiful roses and spearmint everywhere you stepped. 8y
BookishFeminist @Sydsavvy My grandmother did too. She absolutely loved roses and had a giant backyard full of them. I miss her so that's one of the reasons I love this garden so much—it reminds me of her and makes me smile. 😌 8y
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"I once had a patient who used to practice the most horrible tortures on himself . . . he said, 'Why, [I do them] before the world does them. . . . Don't you see? It always comes at last, but this way at least I am master of my own destruction.'"

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