Unabridged Audiobook
Such a very interesting book. Quite a story. I especially thought the narrator did a fabulous job.
Narrator was easy to listen to. I learned a lot. It was both a human interest story and informative book with good balance between the two.
As someone who grew up in a household with a schizophrenic brother, this book opened my eyes to many things that were occurring that I did not know about. I also appreciated hearing the youngest daughters’ stories, as my sister and I were the youngest, and my brother was the oldest. There were five of us kids total. My mother also always came to the defense of my schizophrenic brother when I told her what he was doing to us all. She always said I was lying and continues this protection of him to this very day ( she is 85). I am so grateful to hear another person’s experience going through this exact situation, and how attitudes and actions of the healthy siblings changed over time. Lastly, I was thankful for the history regarding the treatment of the illness. I wonder if that played into some of my mother’s decisions in not getting him help. An unexpected eye opener.
It’s a book I listened to years ago and recently recommend to my book club. It stayed with me. It was a good book for bookclub discussions.
well written, fascinating account of how mental illness manifested in a large family
Such a compelling story of a family and the cultural and academic ideals of mental health during the different decades. Beautifully woven together! Loved this book!
What a tragic story, but full with emotions. I actually feel smarter because of this book. The educational part i thought was going to be difficult but it was easy to follow and understand. It flowed with the family's story. Thank you to Robert Kolker!
This was a great book filled with education, mental health historical facts, statistics, and tragedy! Highly recommend this book for anyone interested in mental health. Also, the narrator was easy to listen to with inflections in his voice that made the book that much more interesting.
I stayed with the book. The story was such a sad and truthful story. The statistics, data and studies were difficult to listen to as I felt I was in a psychology 101 class.
I can’t even finish this book. I’ve given it 4 hours and can’t take any more.
Definitely feels like fiction but it’s sadly a tragic story of a family plagued by mental illness and shame and secrecy surrounding that .
Amazing book !!!! Obsessed from the first paragraph and finished it in a couple days. Since I have a family member with mental illness this book was so informative!! Such a fascinating story and really shows how mental illness effects the whole family. Great read , five stars
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