Cracker Factory

ISBN: 9780020238409

定价: 48.00

内容简介

I woke up??? rollcd over carcfulh to prevent the pincushiol~ in mx
hcad from doing major damage??? opened the cvc with the astigma-
tism??? and focused oi1 the window with its mesh scrCCll alld bars.
\"()h??? no???\" 1 groaned??? Tvc fallen down the rabbit hole again.\"
I curled up in a ball??? or more apl)ropriatcly??? since I was in a psy-
chia{ric ward??? the fetal posit:ion. I huddled under the covers while
fragments of memory stagcd midair collisions. [ hc pieces settled
and lockcd and it all Ctlll/C\" back to me.
This was my second trip to \%ndcrland. At my first admission
I d clung to my husband s aim??? frozen with fear. Nix imival sas
tim result of clever coercion b m shrink??? v??? ho d I)ccn ???vlxin~??? for
xvccks??? \"Cassio??? you re falling at)a~t. You d belier go to the
hospital.\"
l: ???vcr the COOl)crativc patient??? I fell apar! as quickly as I could
and went- {o the hospital??? sure that l d 1)c smroundcd 1)v loonies
doing weird things. All I could remember xxas l)oor old Olivia (to
I lavilland wandering avotmd the Snake Pit being vague??? :m out of
focus l)antc in hell. 1 pictured mxsclf dlam aticallx tied to a bed
while sadistic attendants forced gruel doxvn my throat with a tube.
Then I signed mxsclf in and found a private l)S3c hizlttic ward
artfully disguised as a l lolidav hm??? done in soothing shades of
green??? with family motel furniture??? carpeting??? and f:mlous artists\"
prints on the wall.
l hc 1)allCnl-s vho could verbalize at all p~ctcndcd that the wcrc
rcatlv fine??? thank )ou??? just tcrril)h in nccd of a host.\" l hc suc -
ccssf-ully ignored less fm tunatc patients like old I~lls. Valkcr??? who
remained l-icd in a wheelchair and thought cvc~ vonc was hot g~ and.
daughter.
I could t mdc rstand how they felt. As a child I d lric d to ignore
some of Aunt I???iiv s more embarrassing outlmrsts??? Sllch :IS |ll(: time
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