Michael Greenberg - Hurry Down Sunshine

Pages: 256, Edition: Reprint, Paperback, Vintage

Hurry Down Sunshine tells the story of the extraordinary summer when, at the age of fifteen, Michael Greenberg's daughter was struck mad. It begins with Sally's visionary crack-up on the streets of Greenwich Village, and continues, among other places, in the out-of-time world of a Manhattan psychiatric ward during the city's most sweltering months. "I feel like I'm traveling and traveling with nowhere to go back to," Sally says in a burst of lucidity while hurtling away toward some place her father could not dream of or imagine.Hurry Down Sunshine is the chronicle of that journey, and its effect on Sally and those closest to her - her brother and grandmother, her mother and stepmother, and, not least of all, the author himself. Among Greenberg's unforgettable gallery of characters are an unconventional psychiatrist, an Orthodox Jewish patient, a manic Classics professor, a movie producer, and a landlord with literary dreams. Unsentimental, nuanced, and deeply humane, Hurry Down Sunshine holds the reader ...

Hurry Down Sunshine tells the story of the extraordinary summer when, at the age of fifteen, Michael Greenberg's daughter was struck mad. It begins with Sally's visionary crack-up on the streets of Greenwich Village, and continues, among other places, in the out-of-time world of a Manhattan psychiatric ward during the city's most sweltering months. "I feel like I'm traveling and traveling with nowhere to go back to," Sally says in a burst of lucidity while hurtling away toward some place her father could not dream of or imagine.Hurry Down Sunshine is the chronicle of that journey, and its effect on Sally and those closest to her - her brother and grandmother, her mother and stepmother, and, not least of all, the author himself. Among Greenberg's unforgettable gallery of characters are an unconventional psychiatrist, an Orthodox Jewish patient, a manic Classics professor, a movie producer, and a landlord with literary dreams. Unsentimental, nuanced, and deeply humane, Hurry Down Sunshine holds the reader ...

Pages: 256, Edition: Reprint, Paperback, Vintage

General Biography & Autobiography - Hurry Down Sunshine tells the story of the extraordinary summer when, at the age of fifteen, Michael Greenbergs daughter was struck mad. It begins with Sallys visionary ... - Hurry Down Sunshine (Books)

Pages: 240, Hardcover, Other Press

Pages: 240, Hardcover, Other Press

This mesmerizing account tells the story of the extraordinary summer when, at the age of 15, Greenberg s daughter, Sally, was struck mad. Unsentimental and deeply humane, this work chronicles Sally s journey into and out of psychiatric wards and its effect on those closest to her. Unabridged. 5 CDs.

Edition: Abridged, Audio CD, Random House Audio