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Out Came the Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family by Mariel Hemingway
4.0
Out Came the Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family is all about how Mariel Hemingway, irrespective of all the chaos, up and downs, and everything else in between, kept herself sane and ensured that her life goes forward...
This book is about all the struggles - externally (everything happening around her) and also internally (all the mind fights).
Even though I have heard of Ernest Hemingway, I have never read any of his writings. I have only picked up this book because firstly it is a memoir and the next reason is the title, which speaks about overcoming the legacy of mental illness and addiction.
This is indeed an honest and "to-the-point" memoir. It does feel like by fighting to keep herself sane, Mariel may have ensured that this unfortunate legacy is not passed on to her children/future generations.
This book is about all the struggles - externally (everything happening around her) and also internally (all the mind fights).
Even though I have heard of Ernest Hemingway, I have never read any of his writings. I have only picked up this book because firstly it is a memoir and the next reason is the title, which speaks about overcoming the legacy of mental illness and addiction.
This is indeed an honest and "to-the-point" memoir. It does feel like by fighting to keep herself sane, Mariel may have ensured that this unfortunate legacy is not passed on to her children/future generations.