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ADMISSIONS
A PSYCHOLOGICAL NOVEL

           BY DR. JENNIFER SOWLE, PSYCHOLOGIST

                          ARBUTUS PRESS, 2010

STRIPPED, SHOWERED, AND DRUGGED LUANNE KILPI'S LIFE AS A WIFE AND MOTHER IS TURNED UPSIDE-DOWN AS SHE ENTERS THE WORLD OF THE INSANE . . . .

AUTHOR, JENNIFER SOWLE'S LYRICAL PROSE ILLUMINATES LUANNE'S RAW EMOTIONS OF OVERWHELMING GRIEF  AS SHE STRUGGLES IN HER JOURNEY FROM DESPAIR TO HOPE.  SET ON THE EXPANSIVE GROUNDS OF THE STATE HOSPITAL, VIVID IMAGERY BRINGS TO LIFE A CAST OF CHARACTERS FROM THE DUTY NURSES TO THE GROUNDSKEEPER TO THE CHRONICALLY ILL PATIENTS.  

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PSYCHOLOGICAL NOVEL REVIEWS

"tHIS IS A BOOK THAT MAKES YOU STAND UP AND CHEER FOR THE RESILIENCY OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT."

DAVID MARSHALL

"sET IN THE FAMOUS BUILDING 50 OF THE TRAVERSE STATE HOSPITAL, JENNIFER SOWLE'S ADMISSIONS  TAKES US ON A NIGHTMARISH TRIP INTO THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY  TREATMENT OF FIVE FEMALE PATIENTS WHO WERE ROUTINELY SUBJECTED TO HEAVY MEDICATION AND DEHUMANIZING PHYSICAL DISCIPLINE.  AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER OF A RIDE SUFFUSED WITH THE WARM GLOW OF THE POTENTIAL FOR PERSONAL REDEMPTION."

STEPHEN LEWIS, AUTHOR OF MURDER ON OLD MISSION.