{"product_id":"9781443433938","title":"The Skeleton Cupboard","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Skeleton Cupboard\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Tanya Byron\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e In my session with Imogen, the words were still not coming. I had to move past my own frustration and relax. But it is very hard to relax when you are looking into the eyes of a mute little girl who wants to be dead. You don't want to relax; you want to pull her into your arms, hold her and then shake her until she tells you why. You long to say, \"Why do you want to die? You're twelve years old.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Gripping, unforgettable and deeply affecting, \u003cem\u003eThe Skeleton Cupboard\u003c\/em\u003e recounts the patient stories that most influenced Dr. Tanya Byron, covering years of training that forced her to confront the harsh realities of the lives of her patients and the demons of her own family history. Among others, we meet Ray, a violent sociopath desperate to be treated with tenderness and compassion; Mollie, a talented teenager intent on starving herself; and Imogen, a twelve-year-old so haunted by a secret that she's intent on killing herself. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Byron brings the reader along as she uncovers the reasons each of these individuals behave as they do, resulting in a thrilling, compulsively readable medical mystery that sheds light on mental illness and what its treatment tells us about ourselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Moving and thought-provoking”\u003cbr\u003e“Absorbing. . . . A lucid and compassionate memoir”\u003cbr\u003e“Read[s] like compelling, crafted fiction. . . . Powerful, vivid and moving.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781443433938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":41091650748622,"sku":"9781443433938","price":25.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9781443433938.jpg?v=1649131681","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781443433938","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}