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Apr 26, 2021 · The writer, who was raised by a mother who lived with mental illness, shares a list and descriptions of 16 memoirs that explore motherhood and mental health.
- Anywhere But Here by Mona Simpson
- The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
- If You Were Here by Jennie Yabroff
- Last Things by Jenny Offill
- The Liars’ Club: A Memoir by Mary Karr
Before it was adapted into a feature film starring Natalie Portman and Susan Sarandon, Anywhere But Herewas the heart-rending novel about the relationship between a mother and daughter. Mostly narrated by the daughter, Ann August, we get glimpses but never a specific diagnosis of her mother, Adele’s, psychoses. Unreliable, simultaneously charming, ...
The Glass Castleis the memoir of MSNBC.com contributor Jeannette Walls, who spent her early years moving around the American Southwest with her family like nomads. Her mother, Rose Mary, couldn’t deal with the responsibility of providing for her family, and referred to herself as an “excitement addict.” When the family’s money ran out, the Walls se...
If You Were Here focuses on Tess, a prep school student whose mother’s erratic behavior has turned her into a social hermit. When she’s left without any friends, she’s forced to find ways to cope with her anxiety in the day, but her nights are haunted with strange visions that fill her with dread. When a horrific tragedy happens one night at her sc...
Eight-year-old Grace Davitt’s mother, Anna, is an ornithologist who speaks five different languages and who teaches her daughter about birds, evolution, and stars in their small lakeside Vermont home. Anna knows much about the natural world, but she prefers myth, superstition, and poetry to scientific fact. This places her in sharp contrast with he...
When The Liars’ Club was first published over twenty years ago, it took the world by storm, bringing about a dramatic revival of the memoir. In The Liars’ Club, Mary Karr details her childhood in an east Texas oil town, dealing with her mother’s mental instability. When Mary was seven, her mother tried to steer the family car off a bridge, with the...
This book will help family and friends who struggle with loved ones suffering from mental illness. They have managed to take extremely complicated psychological concepts and deliver them in ways anyone can understand.
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- Carlin Barnes MD, Marketa Wills MD
Get the straight facts about mental illness from two Harvard trained psychiatrists. More than 40 million people in the US suffer from mental health problems—yet less than half receive adequate care and treatment.
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- Carlin Barnes MD, Marketa Wills MD
“Captivating, compelling, and beautifully written, Kate Wills’ powerful memoir explores the notion of truly being free” Samantha Vérant, author of Seven Letters from Paris. “This paean to traveling alone offers inspiration, humor, and generally great reading” Booklist.
Dec 18, 2019 · From the headlines to the home, we're hearing more conversations around mental health, and these 2019 books about mental illness offered insight.
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