{"product_id":"9780986069727","title":"In All Things: A Return to the Drooling Ward","description":"\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\u003e\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\u003e\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\u003e\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wedgewood Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010054897904,"sku":"9780986069727","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780986069727_p0.jpg?v=1763896053","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780986069727","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}