Questimonial: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

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Creator

Christine Iannicelli, Ursinus CollegeFollow

Book Author

Joanne Greenberg

Date

Fall 2023

Description

This video explores the question “How can we understand the world?” through the novel I Never Promised You a Rose Garden. Written by Joanne Greenberg, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden is a 1964 fictional story about a 16-year old schizophrenic girl named Deborah living in a mental hospital. Deborah’s worldview is influenced by a painful past and a fantasy world she has created in her own mind called Yr.

Questions Discussed

How can we understand the world?

Myrin Library Call Number

QUEST 813.54 G829i 2022

Keywords

Joanne Greenberg, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, Ursinus College, Quest curriculum, open questions

Comments

Questimonials is a funded proposal of the College Innovation Council.

Images used in this video are available without restriction on Pixabay.

Disciplines

Curriculum and Social Inquiry | Higher Education

Recommended Citation

Iannicelli, Christine, "Questimonial: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" (2023). Questimonials. 2.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/questimonials/2