{"product_id":"2940152355017","title":"The Thundering","description":"\u003cp\u003eWHAT IS “NORMAL”? That question consumes psychologist Cathy Morgen when she takes on the case of a devastated teenager named Joseph. In the spring of 1961, Cathy receives a distressing call from the director of Summerhaven Mental Hospital in Portland, Oregon: They need her expertise. Over her husband’s angry protests, Cathy drives to the asylum, where she observes a bizarre sight: a kicking, neighing boy behaving exactly like a panicked mustang. What horrors, Cathy asks herself, have caused Joseph to give up being human? Thus begins Cathy’s heart-wrenching quest to unravel the mystery of the talented, traumatized “horse-boy”–and in doing so redeem herself for failing to save a similar young patient. Many people are working against her, including an arrogant chief psychiatrist, a doctor who favors a host of barbaric “therapies,” and her own spouse. Near escapes, brilliant insights, shocking confessions, and unthinkable betrayal will all play a role in helping Cathy discover the true meaning of “normal”…and the key to healing Joseph’s broken psyche. The Thundering is a haunting and uplifting tale of brutality and compassion during the darkest times of America’s mental healthcare crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champlain Avenue Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176224899312,"sku":"2940152355017","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152355017_p0.jpg?v=1764020345","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152355017","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}