I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
by Joanne Greenberg
Taste attributes: dramapsychologicalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringtroubled leadshuman spirit/resilience/survivalempowerment/personal growth
Boxlist takeExpect a stirring, small-scale novel, grounded rather than fantastical. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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5.0 / 5
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About This Book
Chronicles the three-year battle of a mentally ill, but perceptive, teenage girl against a world of her own creation, emphasizing her relationship with the doctor who gave her the ammunition of self-understanding with which to destroy that world of fantasy.
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- Author
- Joanne Greenberg
- Published
- 1964
- Pages
- 282
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- Open Library
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