{"product_id":"her-name-was-margaret-life-and-death-on-the-streets-9781989496329","title":"Her Name Was Margaret: Life and Death on the Streets","description":"Margaret Jacobson was a sweet-natured girl who had dreams of becoming a teacher until she had a psychotic break in her teens, which sent her down a much darker path. \u003ci\u003eHer Name Was Margaret \u003c\/i\u003etraces Margaret's life from her childhood to her death as a homeless woman on the streets of Hamilton, Ontario. With meticulous research and deep compassion, Denise Davy analyzed over 800 pages of medical records and conducted interviews with Margaret's friends and family, as well as those who worked in psychiatric care, to create this compelling portrait of a woman abandoned by society. Through the revolving door of psychiatric admissions to discharges to rundown boarding homes, Davy shows us the grim impact of deinstutionalization: patients spiralled inexorably toward homelessness and death as psychiatric beds were closed and patients were left to fend for themselves on the streets of cities across North America. Today there are more 235,000 homeless people in Canada annually and 35,000 who are homeless on any given night. Most of them are struggling with mental health issues. Margaret's story is a heartbreaking illustration of what happens in our society to our most vulnerable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wolsak and Wynn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781989496329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 275","brand":"Denise Davy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38607623323829,"sku":"9781989496329","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f9f2a830-33c9-4c25-b999-21704a26f70d.jpg?v=1614089691","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/her-name-was-margaret-life-and-death-on-the-streets-9781989496329","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}