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Cambridge

Contemporary LiteratureLiterary Fiction
Pages
272
Published
2014
Language
English

Synopsis

A young woman from 1950s Harvard Square experiences two family sabbaticals across the Atlantic, which, along with the influence of a brilliant orchestra conductor, profoundly shape her worldview. She develops new perspectives on music, love, and art while grappling with persistent feelings of being an outsider.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

ReflectiveIntellectualMelancholic
Coming of AgeFish Out of Water

Genres

Contemporary Literature Literary Fiction

About the author

S
Susanna Kaysen

Susanna Kaysen was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Kaysen attended high school at the Commonwealth School in Boston and the Cambridge School before being sent to McLean Hospital in 1967 to undergo psychiatric treatment for depression. It was there she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. She was released after eighteen months. She later drew on this experience for her 1993 memoir Girl, Interrupted, which was made into a film in 1999.