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Barbara Gordon

The story of Barbara Gordon, a successful television producer. On the advice of her therapist she went off Valium cold turkey and suffered a Valium-induced breakdown and the loss of her job and her husband.

Memoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Autobiography · medium confidenceMemoir & Autobiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Memoir & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyOpen Library: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Mentally ill, biography -> BiographyMemoir & Personal HistoryGroup Biography

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for Autobiography HardcoverMajor1980FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Barbara Gordon90%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Barbara Gordon’s decision to stop Valium cold turkey—after her therapist’s advice—led to a breakdown and resulted in the loss of her job and husband.

    Model confidence 78%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 83%.