Swallow the Ocean: A Memoir
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781582439518 (1582439516)
Publish date: January 28th 2009
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Book Club,
Adult,
Health,
Biography Memoir,
Psychology,
Mental Health,
Mental Illness
Really moving look into the family of a Paranoid Schizophrenic. The before, during and after was both educational and heartbreaking.
This was loaned to me by a friend, for reasons I haven't quite discerned. I've never read many memoirs, other than the comic variety. Recent scandals only have strengthened the idea that most memoirists are self-aggrandizing liars. This really didn't seem that way. The book tells the story of the au...