Price of Silence: A Mom's Perspective on Mental Illness | 
The author of this book was my English lit teacher in college. She was easily my favorite teacher I've ever had, but I had no idea she wrote a book! She actually gave it to my mom when she found out how much we struggle with my sister's mental illness. I'm really excited to see what she has to say on the matter.
Also, I am going to try a book journal for 2021. What are some pages I should include other than just what I've read?
RainyDayReading I usually try to keep track of how many books I read were owned, how many were from the library and what format. This year I‘m adding tracking to see what amount of books I read by female authors vs male authors etc. 4y
GingerAntics I track fiction, nonfiction, Shakespeare, and Poetry. Then I track gender of author(s), and since June I‘ve tracked white, black, indigenous, non-black POC, and whether or not the author was LGBTQ+. I have quite the statistics list going from this year that I‘m posting tomorrow after I finish my last book of 2020. 4y
GingerAntics I remember reading her essay after Sandy Hook. I never knew she wrote a book. This sounds really interesting. 4y
Rachel.Rencher @GingerAntics I didn't know she wrote an essay. I just looked it up. I was 16 when Sandy Hook happened, but I also wrote an essay about it that a different professor of mine published. I think I'm going to email her after I read this bc I'm surprised she never brought it up in class. 4y
GingerAntics @Rachel.Rencher it caused a big stir in the parenting community, especially among parents of mentally ill children. Apparently some lawmakers also contacted her after she published to find out how they could help families like hers. The courts also took away her younger children for a year, so maybe she didn‘t want to talk about it. It may have been too fresh. 🤷🏼♀️ 4y
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