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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).

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.

#bookspin The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease

#DoubleSpin Let The Record Show: A Political History of Act Up

2 very important books about activism and society in the US. I am excited to get to both of them.

Thanks @TheAromaofBooks

A brilliant HS student, Caden Bosch has delusions that are sheer reality for him. In his mind, he‘s on a ship that's headed for the deepest point on Earth: Challenger Deep, the southern part of the Marianas Trench.
“The things I feel cannot be put into words, or if they can, the words are in no language anyone can understand.”

#Delusion #AutumnPlease!

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

"A brother and sister walk out of their house together, through the patio door that opens out from the family kitchen and into their backyard.

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

After reading Girls and their Monsters, I knew I needed to read this other book about a family with an incredibly high incidence of schizophrenia. 6 out of the 12 Gavin children have been diagnosed with the disease, an astonishingly high incidence. The book recounts the family's struggles with so many sick children / siblings as well as their contributions to medical science. Really interesting.

Enjoying this nonfiction title during a quiet day at work. Did the father in this story make anyone else discontented or frustrated?

#museum #work #nonfiction #schizophrenia #understanding #medical #mentalillness #spring #art #dysfunctional #family

Mental illness of psychosis/schizophrenia through the eyes of a teenager. Caden loves two lives; a real world and a mystery one on a ship. The story follows as these two worlds collide into what is real. This is a difficult book to read because it holds no bars. The authors child went through this and helped. One thing that stuck was how Cadens views on the world and his parents changed from start to finish.

Deserves all the accolades it has received. Kolker‘s book is an impressive, compelling, & heartbreaking feat. It gives you lots to think about—genetics, the enduring stigma about mental health & its treatment, the healthcare system, what we know/understand about the brain & what we don‘t, schizophrenia, denial as a coping mechanism…I could go on…impressive job interweaving an accessible history of schizophrenia with the Galvin family‘s story.