title: Break: A Novel
author:  A Philip Stern 
description: Praise for <i>Break</i>:<br />&#xA0;<br /><span>&quot;A. Philip Stern&apos;s novel, <i>Break</i>, tells the story of a young, hotshot doctor, who has a psychotic break and ends up in a psych ward. Hisdepictions of both the illness and the hospital treatment, including ECT, areriveting.&#xA0; The characters in his story are also rich and well-developed.As someone who has experienced some of this firsthand, I can attest that Sternreally gets it right - he captures the experience beautifully.&#xA0; Stern&apos;sbook then both entertains and educates. Wonderfully written and compelling, <i>Break</i> is a must read for anyoneinterested in human experience in all its diversity, and the role of psychiatryin helping to contain and address the mental illness that some of us face.</span><span>&quot;</span><br /><span>&#xA0;</span><br /><span>--Elyn R. Saks, </span><br /><span>Best-Selling Author of </span><br /><i><span>The Center Cannot Hold</span></i><span>: <i>My JourneyThrough Madness</i></span>
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  The Plan
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A Breakbattle Academy Novel
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Ruby Vincent
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Published by Ruby Vincent, 2019.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2019 by Ruby Vincent
  
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in
  a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic,
  mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of
  the copyright holder.
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and
  incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a
  fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or
  actual events is purely coincidental.
  
  
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  # Table of Contents
  
  
  [Title Page](part0000.html#0-911bce2328784ebe9b5406d208b889bd)
  
  
  [Copyright Page](part0001.html#UGI0-911bce2328784ebe9b5406d208b889bd)
  
  
  [Chapter One](part0003_split_000.html#2RHM0-911bce2328784ebe9b5406d208b889bd)
  
  
  [Chapter Two](part0004_split_000.html#3Q