{"product_id":"the-story-of-phelia-don-arsenault-9781440116568","title":"The Story of Phelia","description":"Phelia Backer enters Mt. Forest Mental Hospital voluntarily following unsuccessful stays elsewhere. As she begins therapy, her hopes for getting help and moving on with life are high. But things turn terribly wrong when her doctors, eager to experiment with new treatments, force her to take multiple medications that cause severe side effects. Because Phelia resists, she is classified as involuntary, which makes her dreaded transfer to the backhouse imminent. That is when she begins to fight for her rights.\u003cp\u003e Based on actual events, this novel takes the reader from the depths of mental illness to the courtroom where, with the help of the public advocate, Phelia breaks new ground, as she challenges judges to decide whether or not the cure afforded by her treatment is worse than her illness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The story rises to a surprising conclusion when Phelia's children reveal the secret that not even her severe bouts of paranoia caused her to suspect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Don Arsenault\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1440116563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781440116568\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.89d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Don Arsenault","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47474075173119,"sku":"9781440116568","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_93bded3b-8e94-49b0-aa26-ee72c881c9b7.jpg?v=1762314771","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-story-of-phelia-don-arsenault-9781440116568","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}