{"product_id":"charlie-clarke-and-the-closing-of-a-state-hospital-9781968761707","title":"Charlie Clarke: And the Closing of a State Hospital","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLate 1970s, Michigan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen newspaper reporter Jake Stone meets Charlie Clarke, he expects another routine story. Instead, he encounters a mystery: Charlie, a recently released patient from the Traverse City State Hospital, has been pleading to be readmitted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy would anyone choose to return to a mental institution?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Jake investigates Charlie's past, he uncovers a troubling chapter in Michigan's history. In the years preceding the closure of state mental hospitals, thousands of patients were sent back to \"home communities\" they had not lived in for decades-often without family, support, or resources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough Charlie's story, Jake confronts a haunting question: What became of the patients who had been released?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mission Point Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781968761707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.37d","brand":"Richard Vandeweghe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52733996695733,"sku":"9781968761707","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_05e71b68-ec06-40a2-b6fd-ef1bdfadb0a1.jpg?v=1782272012","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/charlie-clarke-and-the-closing-of-a-state-hospital-9781968761707","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}