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ISBN: 978-0-446-54935-6
Book design by Giorgetta Bell McRee
Cover design by Rachel McClain
Cover photograph by Sally Boon
Contents
Author's Note and Acknowledgments
Foreword
Part I: I Hear Something You Can't Hear
1: Lori Roscoe, New York, August 1976
2: Lori Scarsdale, New York, August 1970” Augyst 1977
3: Lori Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, September 1977–June 1981
Part II: I Can Fly
4: Lori Winters New York City, July 1981–March 1982
5: Marvin Schiller Scarsdale, New York, March 1982–June 1982
6: Payne Whitney Clinic, New York City, June 1982
7: Steven Schiller Scarsdale, New York, July 1982
8: Nancy Schiller Payne Whitney Clinic, New York, August 1982–September 1982
9: New York Hospital, Westchester Division, White Plains, New York, September 1982–October 1982
10: Nancy Schiller New York Hospital, White Plains, New York, November 1982–April 1983
Part III: There’ Nothing Wrong with Me
11: Lori Scarsdale, New York, May 1983’August 1983
12: Lori Scarsdale, New York, September 1983–May 1984
13: Marvin Schiller Scarsdale, New York, June 1984-August 1984
14: Lori Scarsdale, New York, September 1984–March 1985
15: Lori Scarsdale, New York, April 1985—October 1985
Part IV: The Quiet Room
16: Lori New York Hospital, White Plains, New York, November 1985—February 1986
17: Steven Schiller Baltimore, Maryland, January 1986-March 1986
18: Lori Futura House, White Plains, New York, April 1986-October 1986
19: Mark Schiller Chicago, November 1986
20: Lori Futura House, White Plains, New York, December 1986–April 1987
Part V: The 9925 Key
21: Lori New York Hospital, White Plains, New York, May 1987-June 1988
22: Lori New York Hospital, White Plains, New York, June 3, 1988-June 9, 1988
23: Lori New York Hospital, White Plains, New York, June 1988-December 1988
24: Lori New York Hospital, White Plains, New York, January 1989
25: New York Hospital, White Plains, New York, January 1989
26: Nancy Schiller Scarsdale, New York, February 1989
27: Lori New York Hospital, White Plains, New York, March 15, 1989-November 6, 1989
Epilogue: Lori Hartsdale, New York, 1994
PRAISE FOR LORI SCHILLER'S THE QUIET ROOM
“Fascinating … informative … Lori Schiller becomes a personable character in her own struggle to find a cure, and we as her audience cannot help but be drawn to her.”
— West Coast Review of Books
“A stunning story of courage, persistence, and hope.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“The book chronicles her battle with the illness and reveals a woman who, though desperately ill, showed tremendous courage.”
— New York Times
“Harrowing—but ultimately triumphant … a fascinating and hard-fought perspective on a mind under siege.”
— New Age Journal
“This book will fascinate, frighten, and stir our compassion, regardless of personal experience… Written with honesty, courage, openness, and insight … important for all readers interested in the human condition in its many manifestations.”
—Theodore Isaac Rubin, M.D., author of Lisa & David
“One cannot put it down… A terrifying chronicle.”
—Kitty Carlisle Hart
“From the first page, Lori's story touches and holds you… One of the most readable books about the illness.”