The Hospital Always Wins: A Memoir Limited Edition softcover book signed by the author ISBN 979-8-33-126756-8
Issa Ibrahim's memoir ‘The Hospital Always Wins’, first published by Chicago Review Press in 2016, is now produced in Limited Edition paperback by the author after Issa recently acquired the reversion of the rights to the printed book. Since it's gone out of print this is the only reliable source to acquire a copy of the book. This professionally bound softcover is inscribed by the author.
Print length: 366 pages
Language: English
Publisher: Issues Books
Original Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Original publication date: June 1, 2016
Issa Ibrahim's memoir ‘The Hospital Always Wins’, first published by Chicago Review Press in 2016, is now produced in Limited Edition paperback by the author after Issa recently acquired the reversion of the rights to the printed book. Since it's gone out of print this is the only reliable source to acquire a copy of the book. This professionally bound softcover is inscribed by the author.
Print length: 366 pages
Language: English
Publisher: Issues Books
Original Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Original publication date: June 1, 2016
Issa Ibrahim's memoir ‘The Hospital Always Wins’, first published by Chicago Review Press in 2016, is now produced in Limited Edition paperback by the author after Issa recently acquired the reversion of the rights to the printed book. Since it's gone out of print this is the only reliable source to acquire a copy of the book. This professionally bound softcover is inscribed by the author.
Print length: 366 pages
Language: English
Publisher: Issues Books
Original Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Original publication date: June 1, 2016
Issa Ibrahim’s memoir details in searing prose his development of severe mental illness leading to a horrific family tragedy, his acquittal by reason of insanity, and his subsequent commission to a mental hospital for nearly twenty years.
Raised in an idyllic creative environment, mom and dad cultivating his talent, Issa watches his family’s descent into chaos in the drug-crazed late 1980s. Following his father’s death, Issa, grief-stricken and vulnerable, travels down a road that leads to psychosis—and to one of the most nightmarish scenarios conceivable.
Issa receives the insanity plea and is committed to an insane asylum with no release date. But that is only the beginning of his odyssey. Institutional and sexual sins cause further punishments, culminating in a heated legal battle for freedom.
Written with great verve and immediacy, The Hospital Always Wins paints a detailed picture of a broken mental health system but also reveals the power of art, when nurtured in a benign environment, to provide a resource for recovery. Ultimately this is a story about survival and atonement through creativity and courage against almost insurmountable odds.