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This book. Once I started, I could not put it down. Anne Deveson writes about her son Jonathan‘s lived experience of schizophrenia, focusing on the impact it had on her and the family. Deeply moving, tragic and devastating. Absolutely outstanding and essential reading for anyone wanting to better understand chronic mental health issues. Vale Anne Deveson (and her daughter, writer Georgia Blain).

Ooh tough, so I'm relying on Google for suggestions. The tagged book sounds funny. I'm adding to my list!

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Had one of those blissful days with @Rissreads yesterday where we met up at the Elizabeth‘s second hand book warehouse, browsed and rummaged, then followed it up with a decadent lunch. This is my little haul 📚. I was so happy to find the tagged book & can‘t wait to read it.

Absolutely flew through this. Each chapter covers a different person's life and mental illness. She includes lots of different perspectives so you begin to understand all the narratives that can exist around one experience. Loved. The parts where Aviv includes her own experiences and thoughts on both eating disorders and using antidepressants are fascinating. Would recommend to anyone.

Tell me why I keep picking up copies of The Bell Jar every time I go thrifting even though I already own like 6 copies? I keep forgetting and just grab it. 😂 Anyway, I'm FINALLY going to read it today!

5🌟/5🌟

This book was quite interesting and I'd give it about a 7.5/10. It was a tad verbose with some rambling that was uninteresting at times. But the overall premise of the book was promising, the flow was good, and the ending was satisfying. A classic addition to any psych section of a home library; subcat mood disorders/mental health autobios

At some point, I decided that I didn‘t have the luxury to heal from trauma, so I put on a mask. Carrière makes me wonder that I would need a mask regardless. However, I am taken by the openness of her family & the space they provide for transgressions.
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I need to figure out how to post here closer to when I finish a book, because otherwise I lose the essence of impact.

This is the basis of the absolutely heartbreaking series The Crowded Room. Billy was charged with robbery and rape in the 1970s, but something made him different from other criminals: his eventual diagnosis of multiple personalities. This is the story of his life before prison and in treatment. It's a hard read.