72 Hour Hold
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "A tightly woven, well-written story about mothers and daughters, highs and lows, ex-husbands and boyfriends.... Universally touching." —San Francisco Chronicle
Trina is eighteen and suffers from bi-polar disorder, making her paranoid, wild, and violent. Frightened by her own child, Keri searches for help, quickly learning that the mental health community can only offer her a seventy-two hour hold. After these three days Trina is off on her own again.
Fed up with the bureaucracy and determined to save her daughter by any means necessary, Keri signs on for an illegal intervention known as The Program, a group of radicals who eschew the psychiatric system and model themselves after the Underground Railroad. In the upheaval that follows, she is forced to confront a past that refuses to stay buried, even as she battles to secure a future for her child.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This powerful story of a mother trying to cope with her daughter's bipolar disorder reads at times like a heightened procedural. Keri, the owner of an upscale L.A. resale clothing shop, is hopeful as daughter Trina celebrates her 18th birthday and begins a successful-seeming new treatment. But as Trina relapses into mania, both their worlds spiral out of control. An ex-husband who refuses to believe their daughter is really sick, the stigmas of mental illness in the black community, a byzantine medico-insurance system all make Keri increasingly desperate as Trina deteriorates (requiring, repeatedly, a "72 hour hold" in the hospital against her will). The ins and outs of working the mental health system take up a lot of space, but Moore Campbell is terrific at describing the different emotional gradations produced by each new circle of hell. There's a lesbian subplot, and a radical (and expensive) group that offers treatment off the grid may hold promise. The author of a well-reviewed children's book on how to cope with a parent's mental illness, Moore Campbell (What You Owe Me) is on familiar ground; she gives Keri's actions and decisions compelling depth and detail, and makes Trina's illness palpable. While this feels at times like a mission-driven book, it draws on all of Moore Campbell's nuance and style. 100,000 first printing; 17-city author tour.
Customer Reviews
Great Reviews
This book is about the author's daughter Maia Campbell. She was on that show In The House with LL Cool J. Maia went through a dark period and was heavily on drugs. She's been clean for two years now and is on the road to recovery. RIP to Ms. Bebe Campbell. I've heard nothing but great reviews about this book.
Amazing read
This was an amazing book that I couldn't stop reading. It puts life into perspective and opens your eyes to what others may be going through behind closed doors. Loved it
Absolutely Fantastic Read
I absolutely loved this book. Great ending and the way it was written, I felt as if I was there along the way. I know this book is not specifically about her personal situation, but similarities that I can almost picture the situation. I read the complete book on my iPhone, and I'm glad I purchased it!