| Description |
271 pages ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
Introductions -- Whose happy childhood?: Smiling anger / Isha McKenzie-Mavinga ; Transformations / Sunna ; Smile for the camera / Marie McShea ; The day the sky fell in / Hannah ; Genesis / lola Hatmil -- Breaking down ...: ... and some of us went mad / Pearlie McNeill ; A survival story / Patricia Brunner ; I've seen pink and white fairies dancing on bushes / Shirley Hall ; She didn't think of it as a breakdown / Pam Benton ; Alone in a circle of light / Val Johnson ; The woman and the angel / Leo Donner ; Claiming the right to be here / Ruth Elizabeth -- Against all odds: God is coming and is she pissed / Pamela Thompson ; Everywoman's right, nobosy's victory / Maud Sulter ; Killing the fungus / Linda King ; Taking control / Neeta ; Fragmentations / Pratibha Parmar -- And when the challenge is physical?: A hypochondriac wins through / Susan Hemmings ; So what's the difference? / Patricia Rock ; The mirror cracked from side to side / Pat Lobet -- Breaking out ...: A wintry tale / Natalie St. John ; Where troubles melt like lemon drops / Jo Stanley ; Did it really happen? / Saroj |
| Analysis |
Women Personal problems |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 253-271 |
| Subject |
Stress (Psychology) -- Case studies.
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Women -- Conduct of life.
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Women -- Great Britain -- Psychology -- Case studies.
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| Author |
McNeill, Pearlie.
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McShea, Marie.
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Parmar, Pratibha.
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| LC no. |
86213860 |
| ISBN |
0907179398 (paperback) |
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