On Thursday 22 March 2001  9:16 pm, Rayna Lamb wrote:
> Joanne,
> Thanks for posting this address.  For those of you who may not
> know, Anne McDonald wrote a book on her experiences in the
> Melbourne institution she was imprisoned in (I used the word
> imprisoned, because she would have had no way of leaving the
> hospital if it had not been for a teacher coming in from the
> outside who helped her find a way to communicate and who provided
> her with a home outside the institution), called `Annie's Coming
> Out' (Pengiun Australia, 1989).  There is also a film based on the
> book.  I highly recommend reading the book.  Very depressing, yes,
> but still worth reading.
>
> Rayna

I am totally uninterested in what this poor unfortunate girl has to
say (or the aptly named ghost writer "Ms Crossley"). I'd be far more
attracted to what she had to say with a touch less screeching
sensationalism (albeit a seemingly lucrative cocktail on her part).

"Time was when the strongest emotion I felt was hate, and hate makes
you strong."

WRONG!! Hate is blindness. Hate is one dimensional. Hate is weakness.

Cheers

Deri