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Summary of The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen: A Story of Friendship Madness and the Tragedy of Good - cover

Summary of The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen: A Story of Friendship Madness and the Tragedy of Good

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Jonathan Rosen's The Best Minds is a story about his childhood friend, Michael Laudor, from the heights of brilliant promise to the forensic psychiatric hospital where he has lived since killing the woman he loved. It explores the ways in which we understand and fail to understand mental illness, and the bonds of family, friendship, and community. It is a story about the bonds of family, friendship, and community, the promise of intellectual achievement, and the lure of utopian solutions.
Available since: 12/21/2023.
Print length: 156 pages.

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