Skolkin-Smith's alchemy is to inhabit her characters even as she crafts a riveting story that is nothing short of brilliant." Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of “Pictures of You”, Reviewer of PEOPLE Magazine, The New York Times, and Boston Globe. "Hystera is a haunting, mesmerizing story of madness, longing and identity, set against one of the most fascinating times in NYC history. How do we know who we really are? How do we find our true selves under the heavy burden of family and our pasts? In an unpredictable portrait of mental illness Hystera penetrates to the pulsing heart of the questions. She is a foreigner there until her fellow patients release her from her isolation with the power of human intimacy. Unreachable behind her thick wall of fears, the world of hospital corridors and strangers become a vessel of faith. She retreats from the outside world into a world of delusion and the private terrors of a New York City Psychiatric Hospital. Tripping through failed love affairs with men, and doomed friendships, all Lilly wants is to be sheltered from reality. After a fatal accident takes her father away, Lillian Weill blames herself for the family tragedy. Set in the turbulent 1970s when Patty Hearst became Tanya the Revolutionary, Leora Skolkin-Smith's Hystera is a timeless story of madness, yearning, and identity. Manhattan, New York (PRWEB) February 24, 2012
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