A Quiet Room Book

A journey out of the torment of madness grants its readers a fleeting vivid glimpse into the reality of living with a serious mental illness.

A quiet room book. The quiet room held special fascination for me because i was one of he mental health workers on lori s unit who participated in her restraints. At seventeen lori schiller was the perfect child the only daughter of an affluent close knit family. Sometimes a book captivates you but you go through it so quickly that you cannot absorb it in its entirety. Directed by sam wineman.

Lori schiller s memoir the quiet room. I remember her well and fondly. It is a raw and unforgettable memoir about mental illness. When michael s attempt at suicide awakens a psych ward demon he must stop her before she kills everyone in the hospital.

The quiet room was one of those books. Six years later she made her first suicide attempt then wandered the streets of new york city dressed in ragged clothes. Perhaps the most important book ever written about schizophrenia the quiet room is as powerful today as i never promised you a rose garden was in its time. With jamal douglas barkley harper stephanie kerbis brian mccook.

Moving harrowing and ultimately uplifting lori schiller s memoir is a classic testimony to the ravages of mental illness and the power of perseverance and courage at seventeen lori schiller was the perfect child the only daughter of an affluent close knit family. Moving harrowing and ultimately uplifting lori schiller s memoir is a classic testimony to the ravages of mental illness and the power of perseverance and courage. Though even as a first hand witness to her sufferings at the hospital her book revealed so many more dimensions of her experience that were entirely invisible yet. A journey out of the torment of madness by lori schiller and amanda bennett jan 1 1996 4 6 out of 5 stars 238.

It offers hope for anyone touched by mental illness and is a lesson in survival and courage for us all.