{"product_id":"in-all-things-a-return-to-the-drooling-ward-paperback","title":"In All Things: A Return to the Drooling Ward - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEd Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \" . . . powerful; beautifully written, well-observed and effective.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Kirkus Review\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1970, a seventeen-year-old trainee enters the psychiatric technician training program at Sonoma State Hospital. Having volunteered there as a high school student, he feels fairly well prepared and presumes that conditions like those in Jack London's 1914 short story about the place, \"Told in the Drooling Ward\" are a thing of the past. He soon discovers that what really happens behind the closed doors of the institution has not changed much since London's time, certainly not for the better.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaught the \"necessary\" skill of how to choke out a patient on his first day, and told with a shrug that sometimes when patients run away to the nearby hills, they're never found, the young trainee is thrust into a world of austere realities that most adults would balk at entering.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on author Ed Davis's real-life experiences, \u003ci\u003eIn All Things\u003c\/i\u003e is an honest reflection of a pivotal time in his life, as well as a compelling social commentary on how mental institutions were run in the 1970s. Told as a fictionalized, first-person narrative and expressed with stirring compassion, his story is an open door into a dark part of our history that will stay with you long after you read the last page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSonoma Valley writer Ed Davis lives a short distance from Jack London's famous Beauty Ranch and from the sprawling institution that is the setting for his latest story. During the summer of 1970, when he was just seventeen, Davis enrolled in the psychiatric technician training program at Sonoma State Hospital in Eldridge, California. Now, over forty years after completing his training, Davis has penned a fictionalized account of his experiences. In \u003ci\u003eAll Things\u003c\/i\u003e offers a candid perspective on the way things used to be inside the wards and behind the closed doors of US mental institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavis is also the author of \u003ci\u003eRoad Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of travel essays, and he is currently putting the finishing touches on \u003ci\u003eThe Last Professional\u003c\/i\u003e, a semi-autobiographical hobo novel, which will be available by the end of 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 86\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.18 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42708001292351,"sku":"9780986069727","price":12.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f255e667e9662da83c0ac3a08e6609e3.webp?v=1765046222","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/in-all-things-a-return-to-the-drooling-ward-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}