Book from my Past

A book from my past that I enjoyed reading was Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen. I read this book during the summer session last year, in English 009. I am not someone who necessarily loves to read, but this book seemed very interesting. My English professor assigned us to read it over the course of the summer session. I am glad he chose this book, I really enjoyed it. This book is about an eighteen-year-old woman (Kaysen) who is sent to a psychiatric hospital due to a mental illness. Although she plans to stay only a few weeks, Kaysen remains at McLean for nearly two years. Kaysen tells the story of the people and experiences she encounters at McLean hospital. I remember this book because it was interesting to read about the different mental illnesses that these patients at psychiatric hospitals have. I also remember it because we had to do research on a mental illness while also being tested on the chapters of the book. My favorite part of the book would probably be in the last chapters, where Susanna finally gets out of the hospital. She finds a job and even runs into one of the other patients she was in the hospital with, Lisa. She had a child and was a responsible mother, something that I would have never expected her to become due to her behavior throughout the book. I would recommend this book to anyone in the class because it was a book full of suspense and one of the books I really enjoyed reading.