The ha-ha : a novel / Jennifer Dawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dawson, Jennifer, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young women--Fiction.

Young women.

Mentally ill women--Fiction.

Mentally ill women.

Mental illness--Fiction.

Mental illness.

Psychiatric hospitals--Fiction.

Psychiatric hospitals.

Belonging (Social psychology)--Fiction.

Belonging (Social psychology).

England--Fiction.

England.

Genre:

Psychological fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

177 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Scribner trade paperback edition

Place of Publication:

New York : Scribner, 2025.

Summary:

"At a tea party at Oxford University in the 1950s, earnest undergraduates in floral dresses clink cups, discussing their studies, sports, and summer balls. But to one student, Josephine, they are grotesquely transformed: she is sitting among ominous armadillos. Then, the laughter comes. As she is engulfed in mirthless hysterics, her college has no choice but to send her away. Since her mother's death, Josephine's reality seems a badly painted canvas, viewed through thewrong end of a telescope. It is a relief to find a sense of belonging, for once, within the mental institution where she is confined. But, eventually, she must reintegrate with society. Through a transformative encounter with a fellow patient, a return to real life seemspossible"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

First published in Great Britain in 1961 by Anthony Blond Limited.

ISBN:

9781668088562

1668088568

OCLC:

1492486618