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Susanna Kaysen


Born
in Cambridge, Massachusetts, The United States
November 11, 1948

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Susanna Kaysen is an American author best known for her memoir Girl, Interrupted, based on her experiences at McLean Hospital. Born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she is the daughter of economist Carl Kaysen. Her other works include Asa, As I Knew Him, Far Afield, The Camera My Mother Gave Me, and Cambridge. Kaysen has also lived in the Faroe Islands and often draws on personal experiences in her writing.
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Average rating: 3.94 · 279,848 ratings · 13,760 reviews · 9 distinct worksSimilar authors
Girl, Interrupted

3.94 avg rating — 276,127 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions
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Unholy Ghost: Writers on De...

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The Camera My Mother Gave Me

3.40 avg rating — 1,447 ratings — published 2001 — 15 editions
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Cambridge

3.28 avg rating — 1,068 ratings — published 2014 — 16 editions
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Far Afield

3.86 avg rating — 481 ratings — published 1990 — 7 editions
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Asa, as I Knew Him

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“Suicide is a form of murder - premeditated murder. It isn't something you do the first time you think of doing it. It takes getting used to. And you need the means, the opportunity, the motive. A successful suicide demands good organization and a cool head, both of which are usually incompatible with the suicidal state of mind.”
Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

“Crazy isn't being broken or swallowing a dark secret. It's you or me amplified. If you ever told a lie and enjoyed it. If you ever wished you could be a child forever.”
Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

“I told her once I wasn’t good at anything. She told me survival is a talent.”
Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

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