"You'll like it here."
This book is a cautionary tale for advocates and caregivers, as the first-hand accounts and memories are lost to death. Very soon, the only link we will have to the lessons of the past will be works like You’ll like it here. As direct care evolves, it is my hope that Ed's work and writings will help caregivers avoid repeating the sins of the past. --David Vitkus
Available online at:
E-book
KindleIn Stores at:
Collective Copies
71 South Pleasant Street
Amherst MA 01002
and
93 Main Street
Florence MA 01062
Broadside Bookshop
247 Main Street
Northampton MA 01060
Reviews
Goodreads
Spiritual Lemons
Media Coverage
Amherst Media, Senior Moment interview
Vitkus Funeral, Belchertown Sentinel
Advocacy Network Final Newsletter
Be My Guest, Upton MA Public Access TV
Connecting Point, WGBY, PBS Channel 57 Springfield MA
NEPR, New England Public Radio
Judge Joseph L. Tauro Memorial Service, Boston
Call for Memorial, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Vitkus Funeral, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Vitkus Funeral, Belchertown Sentinel
Dr. Benjamin Ricci Commemorative Award--from COFAR blog and VOR National Newsletter
Daily Hampshire Gazette Letter to the Editor: Belchertown patients deserve respectful, lasting memorial
Video Links
PBS: Connecting Point Interview with Donald and Ed
Be My Guest, Upton MA Public Access TV
Titticut Follies, 1967 documentary by Frederick Wiseman about Bridgewater State Hospital in Massachusetts
"They Need Love, They Get Angry, They Bleed" WTIC TV documentary
Purgatory: Historical Analysis of Belchertown State School, Northampton Community TV, by Jeromie Whalen--includes interview with Donald Vitkus
The Bill Newman Show, WHMP Radio, Northampton MA
Preview Magazine
Holyoke Community College
Editorial, The Daily Hampshire Gazette
Learning to Be Loved, The Daily Hampshire Gazette
How "You'll Like It Here" Came to Be, The Daily Hampshire Gazette
Author of the Month, The Conz Street Chronical, Northampton Senior Center
Whole Children (Pathlight), Hadley MA
Book Launch, Florence Civic Center, Florence MA
Titticut Follies, a related video
"They Need Love, They Get Angry, They Bleed" WTIC TV documentary
Purgatory: Historical Analysis of Belchertown State School, Northampton Community TV, by Jeromie Whalen
