![]() ![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Brilliantly envisioned, this story of passion, and familial dysfunction, bears witness to an exquisite reknitting of a young woman's soul, told in language that is brave, startling and ultimately tender and wise." "Inside a psychiatric ward in the 1970s, Leora Skolkin-Smith's Hystera takes you on a ride through the wilderness of a young woman's emotional trauma and breakdown, and seizes upon the intricacies of mental health, our phobias, and fears around it. After a fatal accident takes her father away, Lillian Weill blames herself for the family tragedy. ![]() ![]() Joan Silber, author of Ideas of Heaven: A Ring of Stories, finalist for the National Book Award by Leora Skolkin-Smith Write The First Customer Review Set in the turbulent 1970s when Patty Hearst became Tanya the Revolutionary, HYSTERA is a timeless story of madness, yearning, and identity. "In language with the wild power of accuracy, Hystera maps a path through the landscape of trauma and illness, the feverish news of the seventies, and a character's own indelibly vivid imagery of alarm and comfort. Caroline Leavitt, Reviewer for "The Boston Globe", "PEOPLE Magazine", "The New York Times", and "New York Times" bestselling author of Pictures of You Skolkin-Smith's alchemy is to inhabit her characters even as she crafts a riveting story that is nothing short of brilliant." "Hystera is a haunting, mesmerizing story of madness, longing and identity, set against one of the most fascinating times in NYC history. ![]()
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