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Bird-Eyes
BirdEyes
Author: Madelyn Arnold
In 1963, being different can be illegal-as sixteen-year-old Latisha, a lesbian runaway, discovers when she is sentenced to treatment in the locked ward of a mental hospital for being "incorrigible" and a threat to society. Her best friend in the ward is Anna, an older deaf woman committed for depression. Although she's forbidden to communicate i...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312262945
ISBN-10: 0312262949
Publication Date: 7/7/2000
Pages: 240
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Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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Syrena avatar reviewed Bird-Eyes on + 21 more book reviews
I recommend this novel to anyone who enjoyed Girl, Interrupted. It not only shows how rough it was to be gay in the 60's (and presumably before then too), but how tough it was just being different in general (one lady in the asylum is there, basically, because she is deaf). I enjoyed the writing style, it had a very flowing rhythm and fit the situation well.


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