Bookbinder's Daughter: A Life Lost and Found

By Judith A. Fisher

Born just after World War II, Judith Fisher had a seemingly normal childhood, but beneath the veneer of middle-class normalcy, her mother battled depression, migraines, and addiction to prescription pain relievers. By the time Judith was ten, her mom had suffered three nervous breakdowns and had had a number of electroshock treatments. In an attempt to gain control over her own troubled life, she maintained strict control over her daughter's every action, forging a bond that was highly manipulative and, at the same time, loving. By age fourteen, young Judith was desperate for a way out. She attempted suicide, but survived. A year later, she departed for a New England boarding school. In her senior year, through a series of misfortunes and betrayals, Judith's parents had her incarcerated in a mental hospital for seven months; there she was subjected to twenty-seven electroshock treatments, an attempted rape, yet she managed to escape being locked up permanently.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935448293
• ISBN13: 9781935448297
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Lost Coast Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"