{"product_id":"the-woman-with-the-fork-jill-callahan-9781733131506","title":"The Woman with the Fork: Life inside a psychiatric hospital: the good, the bad and the funny","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhitney McBride is in big trouble. She doesn't know it yet, but she's fallen over an emotional edge and landed in the middle of a psychiatric hospital.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost people would say Whitney's done for, but she's got a searing sense of humor and she loves a good fight.She gets some serious sleep for the first time in five nights, and writes a letter to a friend: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The admitting nurse said her name was Martha. She seemed sympathetic, so I told her about everything-speed limits; safety pins; football helmets; sunscreens; tourniquets; fire alarms; air bags, and overdue fines.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhitney negotiates her way around psychiatrists, nurses, therapists, aides, and fellow patients, and somehow she keeps her wits about her.\u003cbr\u003e She tells her friend: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I've been here for about a month now, but please don't let that scare you-everything is copacetic-I get three hots and a cot and a pile of good drugs every day. Besides, they serve a mean hot pastrami on rye with a kick-ass side of slaw.\"Even in the middle of total chaos, Whitney sees the good in everything. As she tells her friend: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"My husband brings me wonderful books all the time, which is a real blessing, since visitors often ask how I got here and, thanks to him, I've always got a good story in the palm of my hand.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo, stick with Whitney as she rides a psychiatric roller-coaster with laughter, tears, courage and love.Oh, and try not to worry about Whitney too much-she's got a damn good story, and she lives to tell about it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jill Callahan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1733131507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781733131506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jill A. Callahan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jill Callahan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44652401656063,"sku":"9781733131506","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a725ccd6-66f5-48da-9fdf-64de09f5f0dd.jpg?v=1704215927","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-woman-with-the-fork-jill-callahan-9781733131506","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}