The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic | 
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This one has been on my TBR forever, ever since I read What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman.
Did some reading while the little was in the tub
pickWhen Willard Psychiatric Center closed in 1995, more than 400 suitcases belonging to former patients was discovered in the attic; separated by gender and the alphabet. This book offers a look into the lives of some of those patients. Fascinating history of unique people. Lots of sadness for the many decades some people spent living in a mental hospital. #MountTBR
A coworker recommended this one. Not too far of a drive from my home. I also work in mental health so it‘s very interesting!
pickI found this book in a Secondhand bookstore, the title' The lives they left behind ' made me curious... And what a breathtaking book it has turned out to be!
This is a transfixing and deeply sad book, and its genesis is breathtaking: the discovery of hundreds of suitcases in an attic of the abandoned Willard State Hospital in New York, and taken to the New York State Museum. .
Must Read!
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I have been to the library more since my kids started school a month ago than I have in the last year! This was my second trip this week. I walk them to school, walk over to Starbucks, then cross the street and hit up the library. 9/11 has made me sentimental and introspective, so I grabbed two 9/11 books. One is a graphic novel so that's bound to fail, but it is an adaption of the actual commissioner's report. And I have @Kaye to thank for book 3
