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

5.0

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of “While You Were Out” in exchange for an honest review. To say I enjoyed it doesn’t feel like the right word for a very personal memoir that revolves around a family’s numerous and challenging encounters with mental health. That aside, I really enjoyed this. Kissinger’s journalism background is evident in the memoir’s concise storytelling. Kissinger manages to explore her family members’ minds with the intimacy of someone who lived through it and the clarity of a seasoned researcher.