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Why read it?
1 author picked Agnes's Jacket as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A poetic book that brought me into the meaningful world of the "mental patient."
Hornstein’s beautifully written book compels us not to dismiss the stories that patients are trying to tell. I was mesmerized by the examples in this book, in particular that of Agnes Richter, a German woman who stitched tiny, almost indecipherable, autobiographical texts into every inch of the jacket she created from her institutional uniform.
This book is a tribute to the capacity of the human spirit and our need to tell our stories of suffering.
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