What Ever Happened to Heather?

Heather McAllister, devoted wife and loving mother, accompanies her husband, Clive, on a Sunday afternoon drive in the Georgia countryside in May 1958. Clive takes a detour to Milledgeville Central State Hospital, tells the attendants his wife is "crazy," and, despite her protests, Heather is admitted. Her new life reveals her inner strength as she learns how to survive in the worst regressed women's ward in the asylum.Years later, Heather's daughter, Mattie, becomes a nurse counselor at the new Crisis Stabilization Unit at Milledgeville. Determined to find out what happened to her mother, Mattie discovers an old ledger with a record of Heather's admission but no date of discharge or death. Could Heather still be alive and living somewhere in the hospital?With vivid, poignant descriptions, What Ever Happened to Heather? transports the reader to the world of the mentally ill and sheds light on the day-to-day challenges of the caregivers-those who endeavor to ease their patients' pain and bring light and love into their world.