# Nobody’s Child

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- Book: [Nobody’s Child](https://www.bookquiver.com/marie-balter/nobodys-child) ([Nobody’s Child.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/marie-balter/nobodys-child.md))
- Authors: [Marie Balter](https://www.bookquiver.com/marie-balter), [Richard Katz](https://www.bookquiver.com/richard-katz)
- Publisher: da_capo_press
- ISBN: 978-02-0160-816-8
- Pages: 1
- Published: 1992-06-21
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Marie Balter's courageous story of hope and healing has inspired millions around the country. After spending the first twenty years of her adult life in a mental hospital, she gradually emerged from the terror of the back wards, eventually to attend graduate school at Harvard University and become a leading champion for the mentally ill.