The Loony-Bin Trip

Millet, author of the landmark Sexual Politics , tells of her struggle to regain control of her life after being diagnosed with manic depression. Haunted by recollections of two brief commitments to mental hospitals, she becomes increasingly terrified of being committed again. Her nightmares come true when she is confined to a mental hospital while traveling in Ireland. A new preface comments on recent movements for patients' rights and notes books that have begun to tread the still-taboo ground of psychiatric confinement. Lacks a subject index. Millet is a feminist activist and writer. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)