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Certified and Detained: The True Story of Life in a UK Mental Hospital from 1957 to 1963 as Seen Then Through the Eyes of a Male Student Nurse

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Released July 13, 2009
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Derek Henry Waller McCarthy
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Derek Henry Waller McCarthy

After spending years working in the corporate world, Derek Henry Waller McCarthy finally decided to pursue a lifelong passion for writing. They currently reside in a quiet suburb where they spend most of their time outlining new stories, reading extensively, and occasionally attempting to bake.

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