''Gothic Hospital'' is a book by Australian author
Gary Crew
Gary David Crew (born 23 September 1947) is an Australian writer of young adult fiction.
Awards
Crew has won the Australian Children's Book of the Year on four occasions.
Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers
* 1991 '' Strange ...
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Synopsis
The book focuses on a teenager named Johnny Doolan who discovers many old
gothic books in his attic after his younger sister dies of
tuberculosis
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, which results in his parents breaking up. The books' chapters are replaced by "sessions" as the book is partly set at a
psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their sy ...
's office.
In the book, Johnny claims to his psychiatrist that when he reads the books in his attic, the book "fills itself in" with colour, and Johnny becomes part of the story. One book Johnny particularly becomes engrossed in, is a book about an old Gothic
hospital
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, and Johnny eventually believes that his father is trapped in the book.
Release
''Gothic Hospital'' was first published in Australia in 2001 through
Lothian Books
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.
Further reading
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References
External links
* http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/gary-crew/gothic-hospital.htm
* http://www.tabula-rasa.info/AusHorror/GothicHospital.html
2001 Australian novels
Australian Gothic novels
Novels by Gary Crew
Lothian Books books
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