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▶ AutobiographyNon-FictionArnhild LauvengA Road Back fromSchizophreniaI morgen var jeg alltid en løveArnhild Lauveng spent ten years in securewards suffering from schizophrenia. She wasdeeply psychotic, self-destructive and brokeglasses and plates to cut herself with the shards.In this book, the author takes the reader intoa world of voices and hallucinations, whereshe is chased by hordes of rats and packs ofwolves with slavering jaws snap at her heels. Welearn to understand that these illusions havetheir own logic and how they can be interpreted– and the author’s interpretations are likesolutions to small crime mysteries.This is the powerful story of her journey back to reality, assisted by a mother who refused togive up hope, a victory that only a handful believe is possible and that sadly is seldom achieved.Rights sold to: Denmark (Akademisk Forlag), Finland (Therapeia Foundation), Germany (BTB), Iceland(Opna), Lithuania (Baltos Lankos), The Netherlands (Archipel), Poland (Smak Slowa/SopockaAgencja Wydawnicza), Russia (Bakhrakh-M), Spain, Sweden (Sivart) and USA (Skyhorse Publishing).▶ BACKLISTUseless as a Rose (Unyttig som en rose), 2006.Rights sold to: Denmark, Germany, Poland, Russia and Sweden.‘Arnhild Lauveng is a brilliant mediator of psychiatry’sproblems, both as a specialist and a person.’Dagens Næringsliv80Arnhild Lauveng (1972–) works as a clinical psychologist.She received the Award for the Promotion of Free Speechwithin the Psychiatric Health Care Profession in 2004. In 2007she received the NPF (Norwegian Association of Psychologists)Åsa Gruda Skar’s Prize for Popularizing Pschychology. Andin 2008 she was awarded the Schizophrenia Prize and theFoundation for Freedom of Speech’s Award of Honor.