Surrounded By Madness: A Memoir of Mental Illness and Family Secrets
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What was the likelihood my adopted daughter would havemy fathers hazel eyes and my mothers mental illness?In this fiercely candid memoir, Dr. Pruchno, a scientist widelyacclaimed for her research on mental illness and families, shows howmental illness threatened to destroy her own family. Not once, buttwice.As a child, she didnt understand her mothers episodes ofcrippling sadness or whirlwind activity. As a mother, she feared herdaughter Sophie would follow in the footsteps of the grandmotherSophie never knew.Unraveling the mysteries of her mothers and daughtersillnesses, Pruchno fought to preserve her marriage and protect herson. But it was not until she came to terms with her own secrets thatshe truly understood the destructive and pervasive effects mentalillness has on families.Surrounded By Madness is transforming. It will empowerfamilies to stop hiding and start talking when mental illness strikes.
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