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A review by steffiam
January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her by Michael Schofield
4.0
Shocking and scary, yet unputdownable. Read it basically in one sitting.
Baffled by all the bad reviews this book has gotten, mainly due to the father who seems selfish. I don’t think anyone can put themselves in his position in the first place and let’s not forget that everybody copes differently! Just as the title says: her father’s struggles. In my opinion he’s been honest all along rather than selfish or blaming towards others. It’s been a fight he was never able to win yet he tried his hardest and was even willing to give up his life for her.
Totally gripping, especially being a psychologist myself, it shows how little we know about schizophrenia itself, particularly in children.
Baffled by all the bad reviews this book has gotten, mainly due to the father who seems selfish. I don’t think anyone can put themselves in his position in the first place and let’s not forget that everybody copes differently! Just as the title says: her father’s struggles. In my opinion he’s been honest all along rather than selfish or blaming towards others. It’s been a fight he was never able to win yet he tried his hardest and was even willing to give up his life for her.
Totally gripping, especially being a psychologist myself, it shows how little we know about schizophrenia itself, particularly in children.