by Michael Schofield
Bevor ich dieses Buch gelesen habe, hatte ich schon diverse Reportagen über Janni Schofield gesehen, sowie Interviews mit ihren Eltern und unzählige Auftritte in Talkshows. Und dabei hatte ich mehr und mehr den Eindruck gewonnen, dass Janni vielleicht gar nicht schizophren ist - sondern ihre Eltern ...
This book was absolutely riveting -- one of those books that made me want to drive long distances so that I could keep listening to it and that seeped into my consciousness often when I was away from it. But it's one of those books that grips you because it's so horrible; I couldn't imagine how diff...
If this book was a novel I probably would have rated it higher. Since it was a true story, I thought it was just ok. I found myself not liking Michael very much. Instead of being united with his wife, I felt that he chose to make it him and Janni against the world. If this had been a novel I wou...
January First was tragic.There's no other word for a child suffering undiagnosed schizophrenia than "tragic", and reading about a young couple struggling to not only manage their daughter's psychosis but also to get a diagnosis at all is equal parts stressful and heartbreaking.January First was terr...
"Ok, I really hope the Dad (who's telling the story) gets less irritating. I get it that you don't know yet that your child is Schizophrenic. But being an off the wall "genius" wouldn't give her license to have no manners and treat people badly. And taking it all out on your wife...douchey!"Those we...
Gripping read and, of course, as a parent of a young girl, I couldn't help but imagine how I would have coped (or not) with this sort of crisis. Schofield lets the reader experience the family's own gradual journey from 'our daughter has an IQ of 148 and so of course she doesn't behave in the usual ...
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