The Quiet Room

A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness

By: Lori Schiller, Amanda Bennett

Narrated by: Mary Beth Hurt

Moving, harrowing, and ultimately uplifting, Lori Schiller's memoir is a classic testimony to the ravages of mental illness and the power of perseverance and courage.

At seventeen Lori Schiller was the perfect child-the only daughter of an affluent, close-knit family. Six years later she made her first suicide attempt, then wandered the streets of New York City dressed in ragged clothes, tormenting voices crying out in her mind. Lori Schiller had entered the horrifying world of full-blown schizophrenia. She began an ordeal of hospitalizations, halfway houses, relapses, more suicide attempts, and constant, withering despair. But against all odds, she survived.

In this personal account, she tells how she did it, taking us not only into her own shattered world, but drawing on the words of the doctors who treated her and family members who suffered with her.
©1994 Lori Schiller and Amanda Bennett, All Rights Reserved, Abridgment Approved by the Authors; (P) and ©1994 Time Warner AudioBooks, A Time Warner Company, A Joint Venture of The Atlantic Group and Time Warner Trade Publishing

Very good book, bad quality audio

This book is very good, I enjoyed now and 20 years ago, I would recommend it, the audio quality is very bad.

Great story but sound quality is horrendous

This story is extremely interesting and very engaging but holy hell... what is with the audio quality? It sounds like it is being played off an old worn tape cassette and sometimes it is almost impossible to understand what they are saying unless you take the time to go back and relisten to try and figure it out.

Good book

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, it was pretty interesting how this disease takes over her life

What other book might you compare The Quiet Room to and why?

Brain on fire, because they both had brain disorders and they both describe what the patient went thru

What aspect of Mary Beth Hurt’s performance would you have changed?

Sounded like an older person than the one in the book

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Cry, felt very sorry for what this person went thru

Any additional comments?

Very interesting book really kept my attention

Interesting insight into mental illness

Not something I normally listen too but was surprised how closely it paralleled my aunt's continuing battle with mental illness. I picked it up for a road trip listen. I would especially recommend it to someone who has to deal with someone suffering from mental illness.

awakening

a beautifully written and narrated account of a soul compromised by the mental disease of schizophrenia... after listening to this story, i have gained much hope in successful care and treatment of my own family members. it was like listening to an old friend