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A review by chelseytea
While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence by Meg Kissinger
3.0
Don’t get me wrong, this was a powerful story and read. Definitely need to check the trigger warnings before you pick it up! Very heavy topics are discussed in this book.
For me, there was some parts of this memoir I had to skim through to get to the end. I was more interested in reading about the intimate family portrait as the book is described. I didn’t much care for the extra excerpts on other outside people’s journeys or other people’s careers. They didn’t add to the story for me. It almost seemed the book was in two parts - the intimate story of this family, and then an overall look at mental health in this country.
For me, there was some parts of this memoir I had to skim through to get to the end. I was more interested in reading about the intimate family portrait as the book is described. I didn’t much care for the extra excerpts on other outside people’s journeys or other people’s careers. They didn’t add to the story for me. It almost seemed the book was in two parts - the intimate story of this family, and then an overall look at mental health in this country.