taurus411 's review for:

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

3.0

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I listened to this as read by the author. I did “enjoy” her book; enjoy even though it was very heavy and heartbreaking in content. Her writing style was very journalistic. I was obvious she is a journalist before knowing. It did appreciate this actually because she put in a lot of work into interviewing her family and finding letters, medical records, etc. As a mental health therapist, I also appreciated her attention to the problems of our mental health systems and asking pertinent questions that still need addressing. Worth a read. I’ll admit though, there were times where it did drag and it could be confusing with who’s who.