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The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic

By Darby Penney, Peter Stastny, Lisa Rinzler (Photographer), Robert Whitaker (Introduction)
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By Darby Penney, Peter Stastny, Lisa Rinzler (Photographer), Robert Whitaker (Introduction)
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The acclaimed portrait of institutionalized patients whose abandoned possessions recall their forgotten lives

“A deeply moving testament to the human side of mental illness.” —Oliver Sacks

When Willard State Hospital closed its doors in 1995, after operating as one of New York State’s largest mental institutions for over 120 years, a forgotten attic filled with suitcases belonging to former patients was discovered. Using the possessions found in these suitcases along with institutional record...

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