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Poppy Shakespeare

When Poppy Shakespeare is admitted to the Dorothy Fish (a psychiatric hospital), her desire is to leave. Other patients have a strong wish to stay, although N, who has been there for 13 years, agrees to help Poppy's departure. Debut novel looking at some of the weaknesses of the health system and the nature of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment.

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  • "When Poppy Shakespeare is admitted to the Dorothy Fish (a psychiatric hospital), her desire is to leave. Other patients have a strong wish to stay, although N, who has been there for 13 years, agrees to help Poppy's departure. Debut novel looking at some of the weaknesses of the health system and the nature of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment."@en
  • "When Poppy Shakespeare is admitted to the Dorothy Fish (a psychiatric hospital), her desire is to leave. Other patients have a strong wish to stay, although N, who has been there for 13 years, agrees to help Poppy's departure. Debut novel looking at some of the weaknesses of the health system and the nature of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment."
  • "Welcome to the Dorothy Fish, a day hospital in North London. N has been a patient here for thirteen years. Day after day she sits smoking in the common room and, like all the patients at the Dorothy Fish, N's chief ambition is never to be discharged. Then in walks Poppy Shakespeare in her six-inch skirt and twelve-inch heels. She is certain she isn't mentally ill and is desperate to return to the outside. Though baffled by Poppy's attitude, N agrees to help. But are they crazy enough to upset the system? --Container."
  • "Welcome to the Dorothy Fish, a day hospital in North London. N has been a patient here for thirteen years; day after day N sits smoking in the common room, swapping medication and comparing MAD money rates. Like all the patients at the Dorothy Fish, N's chief ambition is never to be discharged, until Poppy Shakespeare turns up and things begin to change."

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  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Satire"
  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"

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  • "Poppy Shakespeare"@en
  • "Poppy Shakespeare"