Doctor Elizabeth Ford is a psychiatrist who has worked on and overseen the prison hospital psychiatric wards at Bellevue Hospital in New York since 2000. In this memoir, Dr. Ford describes the conditions, staff and patients in these wards as well as her own personal journey in working with them. Much of what she describes is frustrating and tragic: the lack of space and consistent treatment for those in need, seeing the same prisoners cycle back into her wards over and over, stories of individual […]
That Night the bad thing happened
So my sister recommended this book to me. Most of my friends and family know that I like to read, so I get many recommendations. I just have a hard time remembering who recommended what book to me since I’m usually reading four books at a time. Anyway, I remember my sister told me to read this one because she saw it on my counter and said “oh, you’re reading that book I recommended to you”. Stunning intellect I’ve got :) Anyway, for some reason […]