Review by jcl9094 - While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence

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

5.0

emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

A deeply heartfelt memoir of a family struggling with mental illness. The parents and children suffered from alcoholic addiction, depression, severe anxiety and bipolar disorder. Growing up, in a large Catholic family outside of Chicago, family secrets are not disclosed nor discussed. Meg Kissinger’s tells her family story with love, frankness and a bit of humor, too. “Only love and understanding can conquer this disease”. A first person account similar to Hidden Valley Road. Highly recommended read.