Elayne Gilliam

Family Skeletons

A Web of Mental Illness

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Following the loss of her husband to ALS, she struggled to raise her four children alone only to discover that her two eldest suffered from mental illness. She describes her interactions with various public agencies: social, medical, and judicial. In caring for an alcoholic, schizophrenic son-as well as a daughter with a personality disorder who eventually commits suicide-the challenges she faced were formidable. In the midst of waging her battles, the author examines her own past and family history, only to discover a long history of mental illness and alcoholism. After the author marries for a fourth time, she's able to let go of her mentally ill son and find a measure of peace in her life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: iUniverse
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 198g
• ISBN-13: 9781532060724
• ISBN-10: 1532060726
• Artikelnr.: 54679078

Autorenporträt

At forty, I was a widow raising four children, a first time college student in my third marriage, and facing diagnosis of mental illness for a son and a daughter who eventually commits suicide. I confront my childhood memories from a dysfunctional family, and discover family secrets and a genetic disposition to alcoholism and mental illness. Following the death of another spouse, I remarry but have to let go of my mentally ill son. My story is for all who face the unexpected, unplanned, and challenges in life. Th is is my family story, skeletons from my closet.