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A review by ehmannky
Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness by Catherine Cho
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
A really raw look at Cho's experience having postpartum psychosis, the depressing state of America's mental health institutions and just how dehumanized patients with psychosis are in the United States, and a look at her life up until her psychosis. It's really good, but Cho really describes her psychosis and it's hard to read. Additionally, she experienced abuse as a child and by a previous partner (her husband as of this book seems like a really great guy), and she describes both pretty thoroughly. A good read, but it is heavy.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis