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Is There No Place on Earth for Me?

by Susan Sheehan

ISBN: 0394713788
ISBN-13: 9780394713786
Format: Paperback

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Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 1983
Size: 5.25 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.65 pounds
Pages: 333

Publisher's Notes

The unforgettable true story of 'Sylvia Frumkin' and her dramatic regress from highly intelligent grade-school student to schizophrenic who has spent much of the past 17 years in mental institutions.

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Hardcover - Houghton Mifflin (1982) - from $1.00
Paperback - Random House Inc (1983) - from $4.00

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