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(4.5) | None | WHAT IS "NORMAL"? That question consumes psychologist Cathy Morgen when she takes on the case of a devastated teenager named Joseph. In the spring of 1961, Cathy receives a distressing call from the director of Summerhaven Mental Hospital in Portland, Oregon: They need her expertise. Over her husband's angry protests, Cathy drives to the asylum, where she observes a bizarre sight: a kicking, neighing boy behaving exactly like a panicked mustang. What horrors, Cathy asks herself, have caused Joseph to give up being human? Thus begins Cathy's heart-wrenching quest to unravel the mystery of the talented, traumatized "horse-boy"-and in doing so redeem herself for failing to save a similar young patient. Many people are working against her, including an arrogant chief psychiatrist, a doctor who favors a host of barbaric "therapies," and her own spouse. Near escapes, brilliant insights, shocking confessions, and unthinkable betrayal will all play a role in helping Cathy discover the true meaning of "normal..".and the key to healing Joseph's broken psyche. The Thundering is a haunting and uplifting tale of brutality and compassion during the darkest times of America's mental healthcare crisis.… (more) |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions WHAT IS "NORMAL"? That question consumes psychologist Cathy Morgen when she takes on the case of a devastated teenager named Joseph. In the spring of 1961, Cathy receives a distressing call from the director of Summerhaven Mental Hospital in Portland, Oregon: They need her expertise. Over her husband's angry protests, Cathy drives to the asylum, where she observes a bizarre sight: a kicking, neighing boy behaving exactly like a panicked mustang. What horrors, Cathy asks herself, have caused Joseph to give up being human? Thus begins Cathy's heart-wrenching quest to unravel the mystery of the talented, traumatized "horse-boy"-and in doing so redeem herself for failing to save a similar young patient. Many people are working against her, including an arrogant chief psychiatrist, a doctor who favors a host of barbaric "therapies," and her own spouse. Near escapes, brilliant insights, shocking confessions, and unthinkable betrayal will all play a role in helping Cathy discover the true meaning of "normal..".and the key to healing Joseph's broken psyche. The Thundering is a haunting and uplifting tale of brutality and compassion during the darkest times of America's mental healthcare crisis. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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The year: 1961. Psychologist Cathy Morgen encounters a teenage boy with a terrifying delusion: He acts exactly like a wild horse. She decides to try to lead him back to humanity...but first she must uncover his mysterious past.
The Thundering is the story of psychologist Cathy Morgen, who encounters the most challenging case of her career very early one morning in 1961 at Summerhaven Mental Hospital. Joseph, a teenage boy who has been admitted on an emergency basis, is behaving exactly like a frightened horse -- kicking, neighing and biting. What has caused this apparent delusion? Can Joseph be restored to humanity? Cathy has no answers, but she is determined to find them. Not only does she feel compassion for Joseph, but she hopes that treating him will help her overcome her guilt at failing to save a similar young patient. Assisting Cathy is her flighty teenage daughter Suzie, who is entranced by the idea of helping Joseph. Opposing Cathy and her attempts to solve the mystery of the horse-boy are an arrogant psychiatrist; Summerhaven's genial but deceptive director, and Cathy's own husband, Dan, who longs for a conventional marriage.
Attempted escapes, brilliant insights, shocking confessions and unthinkable acts of betrayal all play a role in helping Cathy discover Joseph's traumatic past and heal his broken psyche. She will pay a significant price for his return to the world of humans. | |
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