By Dylan G.
Regeneration by Pat Barker is a classic story set in a time recently post First World War, in England. Barker goes into very deep detail about patients and doctors; inspired by her own grandfathers personal account of the war.
The novel was written in 1991 and is a part of the Regeneration Trilogy, with its successors being Eye in the Door, and The Ghost Road, and the first book, Regeneration was turned into a movie in 1997. The book follows Dr. Rivers, who specializes in treating patients suffering from "Shell Shock" or what we know today as PTSD. The title comes from Dr. Rivers research into nerve regeneration. Barker really goes in depth about the effect on society World War 1 took. Rivers is a very good doctor who is very invested in researching for his patients, and Pat Barker really does emphasize this. Dr. Rivers is one of the first doctors in this research during this time period, and often, like many people in society, is doubted before the final product of his work is finished.
I wouldn't exactly recommend this book to any reader, it is a little on the bland side at the beginning, but it does pick up and get very historical, which was one of my favorite times of the book. I would recommend this to anyone who likes historical and or psychological novels. This book could most likely be found at any library and is available from multiples online bookstores with a simple Google search. Also, I found that the book many places could be purchased as the entire Regeneration trilogy. The language used in the story is very much of the time period too and that is something that really interested me personally. Pre Great Depression in America is a very intriguing time as there are many technological advances, and information is just beginning to become very accurate. I think Barker really captured well what it would've been like being a doctor in the time period as it is drastically different from what it would be like in 2016, or in 1991 when the book was written.
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