W-3

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Key Selling Points BUILDS ON THE ACCLAIM of her selected stories, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage (2019) a Kirkus Best Fiction of 2019 and a Chicago Tribune Notable Book of the year. Originally published in 1974, W-3 was Bette Howland's first book. It is based on her stay in the psychiatric hospital after an overdose of pills while staying at Saul Bellow's home in Chicago. A STUNNING PORTRAIT OF A WRITER as a young, single mother, exploring questions newly relevant today about motherhood, society's expectations, and one's sense of self. A TIMELY MEMOIR for this cultural moment when many young women are writing directly and personally about issues of mental health, including such writers as Leslie Jamison and Esme Wang. Published in 1974, an era when such matters were taboo and not discussed directly, W-3 is a bold and brave account of Bette Howland's experience in a psychiatric ward, following a suicide attempt, and brings a vital new perspective to the current conversations. AN EVOCATIVE DEPICTION OF THE MENTAL-HEALTH SYSTEM, WRITTEN AGAINST CONVENTIONAL EXPECTATIONS. This memoir is also a powerful portrait of the community in Ward 3 at the psychiatric hospital, the staff and patients, their rites and rituals.