I don't think that I've ever been shocked by a book this much! This brilliant story is, with no doubt, rightfully earning a high position in my all time favorites. It has got to be one of the most realistic and raw books ever written. Every single sentence in it is just so honest. An incredible outcry against the inhumane and unacceptable way society rejects and treats the mentally ill. It criticizes the awful tactics used in mental health hospitals/clinics, especially in the past - or at least I want to believe that those "treatments" are now history - without sugarcoating anything; it just shakes the disgusting truth about our "humanity" right out of you because it needs to, because it has to be spoken. A true masterpiece full of clarity and sensitivity that everyone should read!