The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness
by Lori Schiller, Amanda Bennett
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Description
The autobiography of a recovered schizophrenic. Lori Schiller was the only daughter of an affluent, close-knit American family who took to the New York streets dressed in rags and lapsed into a world of suicide attempts, hospitalizations, half-way houses, relapses, and constant, withering despair.
Book Club Questions for The Quiet Room (Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness (Fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on The Quiet Room:
- Did Lori Schiller, Amanda Bennett emphasize any specific themes throughout The Quiet Room? What do you think Lori Schiller, Amanda Bennett is trying to explain with this theme?
- What was unique about the setting of The Quiet Room and how did it affect the storyline?
- Could you relate to any of the characters? If so, which ones and why?
- How do characters change or learn throughout The Quiet Room? What events caused these changes? Have you or someone you know experienced the same thing?
- How does The Quiet Room reveal Lori Schiller, Amanda Bennett's own perspectives about people and the world? For a lively discussion, describe why you think Lori Schiller, Amanda Bennett is liberal or conservative.
- Did certain parts of The Quiet Room affect you emotionally? Why did it evoke those emotions?
- Did Lori Schiller, Amanda Bennett's point of view on things lend new perspective to your own view of the world?
Book Club Questions for The Quiet Room (for Non-Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness (Non-fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on The Quiet Room:
- Did Lori Schiller, Amanda Bennett make persuasive arguments in The Quiet Room? Did The Quiet Room change or reinforce your opinion on the subject?
- What did you learn from The Quiet Room?
- How does Lori Schiller, Amanda Bennett present the information and did you enjoy it?
- How is Lori Schiller, Amanda Bennett biased within The Quiet Room? Is there a political slant to what is being discussed and how does it impact the book?
- What, if anything, does The Quiet Room make you want to read next? Why?
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