Eventually, she settled she settled in Chicago, where she concentrated on writing novels.įlock's first novel, But Inside I'm Screaming, mines her experience as a journalist in its story of a young reporter trying to cope with mental illness. Flock served in several positions for a San Francisco television news station before eventually moving to New York City and obtaining a job at CBS News. Following graduation, she lived in London for a year before settling in San Francisco, where she spent five years working as a print journalist prior to turning her attention to broadcasting. Her affinity for that area led her to attend Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Novelist Elizabeth Flock was raised in Connecticut but spent her vacations visiting with family in the South, particularly with her grandparents in Texas. Me and Emma, Mira Books (Don Mills, Ontario, Canada), 2005.Įverything Must Go, Mira Books (Don Mills, Ontario, Canada), 2006. WRITINGS: NOVELSīut Inside I'm Screaming, Mira Books (Don Mills, Ontario, Canada), 2003. Vanity Fair, former editorial assistant print journalist based in San Francisco, CA, for five years news anchor and reporter for San Francisco cable news station National Broadcasting Companies (NBC) affiliate, San Francisco, news writer Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), New York, NY, correspondent. Agent-Larry Kirshbaum, LJK Literary Management, 708 3rd Ave., Ste. Education: Graduated from Vanderbilt University. This is not a retelling of Wally Lamb's "She's Come Undone", but if you liked that book, you'll probably like this one.Female. As the reader, I found myself wanting her to face up and admit her problems at some moments, and then at other times totally understanding why she was making the choices she was and feeling like I could easily be in the room next to hers. Isabel is forced through a series of treatments that she rebels against, but slowly finds herself facing the things in her life that have taken over. The group therapy sessions are at times horrifying, but can also be morbidly amusing, much like the other residents. The chapters take turns showing time in the present at Three Breezes and then a moment from Isabel's past that has led her to the hospital. The writing style is lovely in its honesty, which is at times extremely painful. She just wants to be released so she can leave and kill herself. Maybe it's the two suicide attempts? The meltdown on live TV? The point is, she isn't like any of those other patients who are seriously crazy. Meet Isabel: successful international broadcast journalist, loving wife, perfect daughter, suicidal.Īfter freezing up on national television while trying to cover the breaking news of Princess Diana's car crash, Isabel finds herself at Three Breezes, a top of the line psychiatric hospital.
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