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While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence by Meg Kissinger

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sharonoldsfanclub's review

3.75
dark emotional sad medium-paced

marissap42's review against another edition

4.0
dark emotional hopeful informative medium-paced
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mirroredpages's review against another edition

3.75
emotional informative reflective medium-paced

jessimani's review

4.0
It’s hard to review because I wasn’t crazy about the last 1/3 of the book - too much reporter like content and reiteration of things that were discussed earlier with a much longer breakdown of mental health which was also covered in earlier chapters. All in all it was hard to put down and it was great to see the mental health shown in a large family.
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kargh's review

5.0
Bravo. Run, don’t walk, to get this book.
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pinotgreen's review against another edition

4.0
challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced
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mccomings's review

3.75
emotional reflective medium-paced

sleepy_sarahmarie's review

4.0
An excellent reflection on the history of how mental illness was hidden and shamed. Meg tells the story of how her family's mental illness led to horrific outcomes, made worse by their lack of processing.

niadotson's review

5.0
dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

kjwinters's review against another edition

4.75
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