Surviving Madness

The Life of Betty Berzon

Betty Berzon

“a rich account of the fascinating journey of [not only] her own life, [but] the remarkable people and places that punctuated it, and the war that raged inside heran enthralling, instructive, and ultimately uplifting story.’

-Michelangelo Signorile, author of Queer in America and Life Outside.

Eleanor Roosevelt, Anais Nin, Edith Sitwell, Evelyn Hooker, Paul Monette–such luminaries are only some of the fellow trailblazers whose paths intersected with Betty Berzon in this amazing memoir of the life of one of the most vital and fascinating of our LGBT pioneers.

Surviving Madness unveils the dramatic story of an emergence from mental breakdown and suicide attempts to coming out as a lesbian at age forty, followed by the discovery of life-long love, the triumphant rise to becoming a groundbreaking therapist and a courageous, passionate, resolute activist–and the pioneering author of such classic books on lesbian and gay relationships as Permanent Partners and Positively Gay.

Surviving Madness is the transcendent story of a woman central to the reach for LGBT civil rights in the twentieth century, whose drama-charged life changed forever our own lives today.

This edition of Surviving Madness includes a very special Introduction and Afterword by life partner Terry DeCrescenzo.

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Details

ISBN	9781935226543
Genre	Autobiography/Biography
Copyright Date	2002
Publication Date	01-Feb-12
Publisher	Spinsters Ink Books
Format	Trade Paperback
No. of Pages	310
Language	English
Rating	NotRated
Paper Type	Electronic Format Available
Subject	Biography & Autobiography
BookID	12745

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