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A review by dallas_shattuck
While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence by Meg Kissinger
Upon reading the description, I knew I needed to read this one - thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the gifted copy!
First of all, I'm in awe of the author's ability to share her/her family's story and all the trauma that occurred. It couldn't have been easy. I thought it was clever that the first parts of the book focused on her family's struggles, and the last part of the memoir was more investigative journalism-focused and provided statistics and information about mental illness and suicide.
However, it did feel like the memoir was a bit long and overly detailed in places.
Overall, I recommend this memoir.
First of all, I'm in awe of the author's ability to share her/her family's story and all the trauma that occurred. It couldn't have been easy. I thought it was clever that the first parts of the book focused on her family's struggles, and the last part of the memoir was more investigative journalism-focused and provided statistics and information about mental illness and suicide.
However, it did feel like the memoir was a bit long and overly detailed in places.
Overall, I recommend this memoir.