{"product_id":"9780743255493","title":"Rescuing Patty Hearst : Growing Up Sane in a Decade Gone Mad","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eRescuing Patty Hearst\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Virginia Holman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1975, one year after Patty Hearst and her captors robbed Hibernia National Bank, a second kidnapping took place far from the glare of the headlines.\u003c\/b\u003e Virginia Holman's mother, in the thrall of psychosis, spirited her two daughters to a cottage on the Virginia Peninsula, painted the windows black, and set up the house as a MASH unit for a secret war. A war that never came. The family -- captive to her mother's schizophrenia and a legal system that refused to intervene -- remained there for more than three years. \u003cbr\u003e \"What sets this book apart,\" the \u003ci\u003eHartford Courant\u003c\/i\u003e observed, \"is Virginia's voice...brave, smart, tough.\" Reviewers nationwide have praised Holman's \"riveting,\" \"endearing,\" and \"wryly humorous\" story of a young girl caught in the whirlwind of madness -- a girl who chooses a brainwashed heiress as her role model. Holman's memoir vividly and brilliantly evokes the interior worlds of the sane and the insane and the delicate membrane in between. An essential exploration of identity, captivity, and love, \u003ci\u003eRescuing Patty Hearst\u003c\/i\u003e will inspire readers' faith in the resilience of one family's spirit to survive and thrive even in the direst of circumstances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003ePat Conroy One of the best books about schizophrenia I have ever read. Virginia Holman has delivered a gift to the world of letters and to the literature of mental illness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e Electrifying, like lightning in a Mason jar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e Holman...infuses her nightmarish past with compassion and insight....Bottom line: Captivating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e Holman's passionate book is a fierce testament to the power of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780743255493\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40590451605710,"sku":"9780743255493","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_7b37cf8a-b6a1-4001-82fa-882dba2a0a26.jpg?v=1637737589","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780743255493","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}