![]() ![]() The nurses are not as helpful as her psychiatrist, and the hospital's regular air-raid drills-it is the height of the Cold War and fear of a nuclear attack is always in the background-push Gwen deeper into her fantasy-land psychosis. The environment at the hospital is not as emotionally supportive as she needs, though she enjoys the rare visits from Dr. To cope with her parents' death in a car accident, Gwen, who imagines that their deaths were actually the result of an atomic bomb, creates a fantasy world called the Earth Kitchen that is inspired by her comforting memories of her beloved aunt. ![]() Since then, she has been under psychiatric care because she has been slipping in and out of mental illness. The book is set in the 1960s and involves Gwen, a twelve-year-old girl who was orphaned at six. SIDELIGHTS: In her debut novel for young readers, The Earth Kitchen, Sharon Bryant chose the challenging topic of mental illness. The Earth Kitchen (novel for young readers), Harper-Collins ( New York, NY), 2002. Agent-c/o Author Mail, HarperCollins Publishers, 10 E. Education: Vermont College, M.F.A.ĪDDRESSES: Home-ME. ![]()
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