In August 2014, Tom Lee and his parents drove out to visit Severalls Hospital, a former in-patient psychiatric hospital. Closed since the 1990s, as part of a nationwide shuttering of psychiatric institutions, the buildings now stand derelict and overgrown. But in the recent past, the name 'Severalls' resounded with dread and fear, entering local lexicon as a place where the strange, deranged and dangerous were 'kept away'. Among those strange, deranged and dangerous people were Tom's own parents.The Bullet is a memoir of their time in Severalls, and the breakdowns and difficulties that led them there - often against their will. It is also Tom's own story of his struggle with his fragmenting mental health - a hereditary bullet he believed he'd dodged - and the extraordinary physical crises that precipitated them. Deeply moving, clear-sighted and enormously poignant, The Bullet is a window onto the treatment of mental health disorders in the UK, and a searing analysis of living with a fracturing mind.
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- Authors:
- Lee, Tom
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN:
- 9781783785049
- Publication Date:
- 02/05/2024
- Publisher:
- Granta Books
- Year Published:
- 2024
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Number of Pages:
- 208
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9781783785049