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Regeneration
Men in 1917 weren't allowed to break down. So their bodies did it for them. Regeneration is what healing looked like when someone finally listened.
Who it's for
Regeneration places the reader in the room during therapy: Dr W.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Regeneration is a 1991 novel by Pat Barker, the first of her Regeneration trilogy, set mainly at Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh during the First World War. Army psychiatrist Dr W. H. R. Rivers treats officers with shell shock, including the poet Siegfried Sassoon, sent there after his public anti-war declaration, and Billy Prior, a fictional officer who has lost the ability to speak.
Where to find it
In print (Penguin/Plume), in libraries (Libby/Hoopla) and as an audiobook. Not public domain. First of the Regeneration trilogy (The Eye in the Door; The Ghost Road). A 1997 film adaptation exists.
Before you start
Heads up: Graphic war memories and trauma.
Age: Ages 16+
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?Wilfred Owen, Poems, “Anthem for Doomed Youth”
