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Howard Dully
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Broadway Books
Publication date
August 26, 2008
Pages
286
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780307381279
ISBN-10
0307381277
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.50 lbs.
Original list price
$15.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: At twelve, Howard Dully was guilty of the same crimes as other boys his age: he was moody and messy, rambunctious with his brothers, contrary just to prove a point, and perpetually at odds with his parents. Yet somehow, this normal boy became one of the youngest people on whom Dr. Walter Freeman performed his barbaric transorbitalâor ice pickâlobotomy.
Abandoned by his family within a year of the surgery, Howard spent his teen years in mental institutions, his twenties in jail, and his thirties in a bottle. It wasnât until he was in his forties that Howard began to pull his life together. But even as he began to live the ânormalâ life he had been denied, Howard struggled with one question: Why?
âOctober 8, 1960. I gather that Mrs. Dully is perpetually talking, admonishing, correcting, and getting worked up into a spasm, whereas her husband is impatient, explosive, rather brutal, wonât let the boy speak for himself, and calls him numbskull, dimwit, and other uncomplimentary names.â
There were only three people who would know the truth: Freeman, the man who performed the procedure; Lou, his cold and demanding stepmother who brought Howard to the doctorâs attention; and his father, Rodney. Of the three, only Rodney, the man who hadnât intervened on his sonâs behalf, was still living. Time was running out. Stable and happy for the first time in decades, Howard began to search for answers.
âDecember 3, 1960. Mr. and Mrs. Dully have apparently decided to have Howard operated on. I suggested [they] not tell Howard anything about it.â
Through his research, Howard met other lobotomy patients and their families, talked with one of Freemanâs sons about his fatherâs controversial lifeâs work, and confronted Rodney about his complicity. And, in the archive where the doctorâs files are stored, he finally came face to face with the truth.
Revealing what happened to a child no oneânot his father, not the medical community, not the stateâwas willing to protect, My Lobotomy exposes a shameful chapter in the history of the treatment of mental illness. Yet, ultimately, this is a powerful and moving chronicle of the life of one man. Without reticence, Howard Dully shares the story of a painfully dysfunctional childhood, a misspent youth, his struggle to claim the life that was taken from him, and his redemption.
From the Hardcover edition.
Abandoned by his family within a year of the surgery, Howard spent his teen years in mental institutions, his twenties in jail, and his thirties in a bottle. It wasnât until he was in his forties that Howard began to pull his life together. But even as he began to live the ânormalâ life he had been denied, Howard struggled with one question: Why?
âOctober 8, 1960. I gather that Mrs. Dully is perpetually talking, admonishing, correcting, and getting worked up into a spasm, whereas her husband is impatient, explosive, rather brutal, wonât let the boy speak for himself, and calls him numbskull, dimwit, and other uncomplimentary names.â
There were only three people who would know the truth: Freeman, the man who performed the procedure; Lou, his cold and demanding stepmother who brought Howard to the doctorâs attention; and his father, Rodney. Of the three, only Rodney, the man who hadnât intervened on his sonâs behalf, was still living. Time was running out. Stable and happy for the first time in decades, Howard began to search for answers.
âDecember 3, 1960. Mr. and Mrs. Dully have apparently decided to have Howard operated on. I suggested [they] not tell Howard anything about it.â
Through his research, Howard met other lobotomy patients and their families, talked with one of Freemanâs sons about his fatherâs controversial lifeâs work, and confronted Rodney about his complicity. And, in the archive where the doctorâs files are stored, he finally came face to face with the truth.
Revealing what happened to a child no oneânot his father, not the medical community, not the stateâwas willing to protect, My Lobotomy exposes a shameful chapter in the history of the treatment of mental illness. Yet, ultimately, this is a powerful and moving chronicle of the life of one man. Without reticence, Howard Dully shares the story of a painfully dysfunctional childhood, a misspent youth, his struggle to claim the life that was taken from him, and his redemption.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Reprint edition from Broadway Books (August 26, 2008)
9780307381279 | details & prices | 286 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $15.00
About: At twelve, Howard Dully was guilty of the same crimes as other boys his age: he was moody and messy, rambunctious with his brothers, contrary just to prove a point, and perpetually at odds with his parents.
About: At twelve, Howard Dully was guilty of the same crimes as other boys his age: he was moody and messy, rambunctious with his brothers, contrary just to prove a point, and perpetually at odds with his parents.
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