12-09-2025, 01:40 PM
This profoundly moving and shocking experience of an unwanted 14-year-old boy in the horror-filled halls of a state mental institution exposes the myths behind one of the world's most misunderstood human diseases. "A desperate plea for all the helpless children who bang in silence on the walls of their mental prisons. . . ".--Library Journal.
LISTEN TO THE SILENCE is the first work of an exciting young writer who has lived many of the experiences he writes about. Born in Connecticut in 1939, David W. Elliott lived in some fifteen different homes until he ran away at thirteen. He now lives in a small town in New York state.
Quote:I am an avid reader and have found most of what I have read throughout the years to be forgettable...Not so with Pieces of Night. This book has stayed with me since reading it in the 7th grade many years ago (I snuck into the high school section of the library). The subject matter is disturbing, it is dark and it will make you think. If you had a "normal" childhood Mr. Elliot has given you a ringside view into what it truly means to be trapped in a VERY abnormal childhood. No sugarcoating here. This book is as close to reality as fiction gets.