A Revolution of the Mind
2022
M.V. Perry
“For too long, the voices of people living with mental illness have been ignored. This is a necessary book. It is a gripping narrative and a valuable tool for advocates, professionals—everyone—to broaden the understanding of mental disability.”
~Pia Justessen, author of From the Real Life Stories of Disability
Boo Harvey is an outcast. After a six-year decline into severe mental illness and alienation, she is determined to build a political movement representing those who have been marginalized by their own mental illness. However, given her city’s nonexistent system for formal mental health treatment and a skewed social consciousness about mental illness, she quickly realizes that her goal may be challenging, if not impossible.
In her journey to spur a social movement, Boo finds a mentor in Jude Freedman, an eccentric ex-patient from the era of pre war, government-run asylums. Together, the two commit themselves to building a political movement that gives a voice to those affected by one of the most neglected issues in the U.S. - mental health treatment and awareness. As a social pariah who has experienced both extreme privilege and abjection, Boo lives in a social no-man’s-land, offering caustic if not profound observations about her new and old lives.
Perfect for fans of All My Puny Sorrows and The Collected Schizophrenias, A Revolution of the Mind will provide insight into how society views and handles mental illness and open your eyes to the ways in which psychological health is shaped by socioeconomic factors.
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