Book description
'A masterfully told, character-driven novel that will have you laughing and crying in equal measures' THE AUSTRALIAN
'A deeply empathetic, humanising portrait of a mental health facility, and the souls that pass through it' THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY
'Stunning . . . [A] unique novel that's so timely' DAILY TELEGRAPH
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Why read it?
1 author picked The Glass House as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a fictional account of life in a psych ward in a hospital and has very realistic characters and scenarios, following a registrar (trainee doctor) and looks at common mental health episodes. As this was written by a psychiatrist and betaread/reviewed by psychiatrists, it is uncannily realistic in the cases that are presented.
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