REPORTER AT LARGE about the case history of Sylvia Frumkin (pseudonym), a patient at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center.

Susan Sheehan is the author of eight works of nonfiction.

Now, some two decades later, Is There No Place on Earth for Me? GIRL I USED TO KNOW - Stefanie Scott *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Last week, one of the landmark nonfiction books of the last 50 years was reissued by Vintage Books. The resulting book, first published in 1982, was hailed as an extraordinary achievement: harrowing, humanizing, moving, and bitingly funny. Life is very resilient, but there is one part of the world where nothing can survive, and it comes down to the importance of water. Sheehan not only delves into the absolute havoc that mental illness renders on families, but she also looks closely at how mental health professionals treat the mentally ill. Is there a place on Earth where no life exists? There's no place on earth comparable. Read 7 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. In 1983, she received a Pulitzer Prize for Is There No Place On Earth For Me? "Is There No Place on Earth For Me" is a telling tale of the life of a Schizophrenic. That I frequently laugh out loud probably explains why I can re-read it again and again. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger. REPORTER AT LARGE about the case history of Sylvia Frumkin (pseudonym), a patient at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center. We'll be back with more tomorrow. written by Susan Sheehan and published in 1982 by Houghton Mifflin, it won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. No Place on Earth book. Is There No Place on Earth for Me is exceptional and one of the most moving and enlightening books about schizophrenia, and mental illness treatment, I've ever read. Have an incomparable day! Is there a place on Earth where no life exists? Share on Facebook; This renowned journalist's classic Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of schizophrenia—now reissued with a new postscript—follows a flamboyant and fiercely intelligent young woman as she struggles in the throes of mental illness. She is also a staff writer at The New Yorker.