No One Cares About Crazy People
My Family and the Heartbreak of Mental Illness in America
$55.72
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
25 June 2018
Summary
“Extraordinary and courageous … No doubt if everyone were to read this book, the world would change.”—New York Times Book Review
New York Times-bestselling author Ron Powers’ critically acclaimed narrative of the social history of mental illness in America paired with the deeply personal story of his two sons’ battles with schizophrenia.
From the centuries of torture of “lunatiks” at Bedlam Asylum to the infamous eugenics era to the follies of the anti-psychiatry movement to t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316341134 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0316341134 |
| Author: | Ron Powers |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Imprint: | Hachette Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 25 June 2018 |
| Weight: | 359g |
| Dimensions: | 205mm x 138mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Powers (Mark Twain: A Life, 2005, etc.) presents two searing sagas: an indictment of mental health care in the United States and the story of his two schizophrenic sons…. This hybrid narrative, enhanced by the author’s considerable skills as a literary stylist, succeeds on every level. - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Extraordinary and courageous…I’m not sure I’ve ever read anything that handles the decline of one’s children with such openness and searing, stumbling honesty…[Powers] writes with fierce hope and fierce purpose to persuade the world to pay attention. No doubt if everyone were to read this book, the world would change. - Ron Suskind, New York Times Book ReviewAbout The Author
Ron Powers
Ron Powers is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author. He is the co-author of Flags of our Fathers and True Compass–both #1 New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction bestsellers. His biography of Mark Twain–Mark Twain: A Life–was also a New York Times bestseller. He lives with his wife Honoree Fleming, Ph.D., in Castleton, Vermont.
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