Outward Room by Millen Brand PAPERBACK 9781590173596

Name: Outward Room by Millen Brand PAPERBACK 9781590173596
Brand: New York Review Books

New York Review Books

The Outward Room is a book about a young woman\u2019s journey from madness to self-discovery. It created a sensation when it was first published in 1937, and has lost none of its immediacy or its power to move the reader.\n Having suffered a nervous breakdown after her brother\u2019s death in a car accident, Harriet Demuth is committed to a mental hospital, but her doctor\u2019s Freudian nostrums do little to make her well. Convinced that she and she alone can refashion her life, Harriet makes a daring escape from the hospital\u2014hopping a train by night and riding the rails into the vastness of New York City in the light of the rising sun. It is the middle of the Great Depression, and at first Harriet is lost among the city\u2019s anonymous multitudes. She pawns her jewelry and lives an increasingly\n\nThe Outward Room\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note that the price adverti;