Novels about PTSD

StarHawk · #1 04-11-2007, 05:43 PM

Or with characters dealing with ptsd...

In light of the movie thread, I though I should start this one;

There's a series of books by Clare Bell.
1. Ratha's Creature
2. Clan Ground
3. Ratha and Thistle-Chaser
4. Ratha's Challenge
5. Ratha's Courage

It's about these prehistoric cheetahs with human intelligence. There's a character in them called Thistle-Chaser/Newt. I believe she's only in the first, third, forth, and fifth, books. "Ratha and Thistle-Chaser" is actually dedicated to people with PTSD. It clearly states; "For the Dreambiters and Dreambitten, may they find healing.."

Newt describes her flashbacks and nightmares as "the Dreambiter".

reallydown · #2 04-11-2007, 06:16 PM

One just off the top of my head...Mrs. Dalloway...Septimus Warren Smith has it...It was not a good idea for me to write the term paper on that last year...OOps

Marlene · #3 04-11-2007, 11:02 PM

Nora Roberts wrote a book called 'Angels Fall'. It doesn't specifically mention PTSD, but it's a book a lot of people here could relate to. She did a really wonderful job with it, IMO.

Also, there's a series of books by J.D. Robb called the '...in death' series. It starts out with 'Naked in death' and goes from there. There's 20+ books in the series. The books don't have PTSD as the main theme of the stories, but each book has the character learning more about her past and traumas.

Lisa