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Surrounded By Madness: A Memoir of Mental Illness and Family Secrets

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Surrounded By Madness: A Memoir of Mental Illness and Family Secrets

"What was the likelihood my adopted daughter would have my father's hazel eyes and my mother's mental illness?"

In this fiercely candid memoir, Dr. Pruchno, a scientist widely acclaimed for her research on mental illness and families, shows how mental illness threatened to destroy her own family. Not once, but twice.

As a child, she didn't understand her mother's episodes of crippling sadness or whirlwind activity. As a mother, she feared her daughter Sophie would follow in the footsteps of the grandmother Sophie never knew.

Unraveling the mysteries of her mother's and daughter's illnesses, Pruchno fought to preserve her marriage and protect her son. But it was not until she came to terms with her own secrets that she truly understood the destructive and pervasive effects mental illness has on families.

Surrounded By Madness is transforming. It will empower families to stop hiding and start talking when mental illness strikes.

Country	USA
Author	Rachel Pruchno
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781457528910
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Dog Ear Publishing
Manufacturer	Dog Ear Publishing
NumberOfPages	346
PublicationDate	2014-04-16
Publisher	Dog Ear Publishing
ReleaseDate	2014-04-16
Studio	Dog Ear Publishing

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