882 reviews for:

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

Meg Kissinger

4.28 AVERAGE

_jacket_oil_'s review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

melfellrath's review against another edition

5.0

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My midwestern, catholic, bipolar self really appreciated Kissinger’s honest memoir of her life, and shares such important messages about managing familial mental health and generational trauma

micdakil's review

4.25

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

mcoatesrn's review

4.0

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

ncataldo's review

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

isacataldo's review

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I thought this was a great memoir! Even though the topics were dark, I loved the way the author wove in happy stories of her family moving forward. It was a great balance between the good and bad. 

abstab's review

4.0

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very relatable and sad to read

kristina8320's review

4.0

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

alexifronek's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

giantjackalopes's review

4.0

dark emotional hopeful informative slow-paced