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Author:
Davis, Tom, 1967-
Title:
A legacy of madness : recovering my family from generations of mental illness / Tom Davis.
Publisher:
Hazelden,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
x, 274 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Davis, Tom,--1967-
Davis, Tom,--1967---Family.
Mental illness--Social aspects--United States--Case studies.
Mentally ill--Family relationships--United States--Case studies.
Children of mentally ill mothers--United States--Biography.
Mentally ill--United States--Biography.
Suicide--Social aspects--United States--Case studies.
Families--United States--Case studies.
Intergenerational relations--United States--Case studies.
Hillside (N.J.)--Biography.
Contents:
The Awakening -- Awareness -- Paradise Lost -- The Working Life -- The Sobering Life -- The History -- The Blues -- Eating Disasters -- Deliverance -- The End Is Just the Beginning -- Epilogue.
Summary:
The story of a loving family coming to grips with its own fragilities. Davis discovered a family history of mental illness, running for generations. This sent him on a personal odyssey to ensure that he and his siblings recover their legacy by not only surviving their own mental health disorders, but by getting the help they need to lead healthy, balanced lives.
ISBN:
1616491213 (softcover)
9781616491215 (softcover) :
OCLC:
(OCoLC)694829644
LCCN:
2011031933
Locations:
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

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