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Sons of madness : growing up and older with a mentally ill parent / Susan L. Nathiel.

Author: Nathiel, Susan.

Imprint:Santa Barbara : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2013]

Descriptionxii, 179 pages ; 25 cm

Note:Preface : "sons of madness": a club nobody would join if they had a choice -- Acknowledgments -- Mike: "Nobody cared until my family was destroyed." -- David: "My mother's lobotomy saved my life." -- Patrick: "Dad was like a dark shadow." -- Mark: "If you leave the house you'll be murdered." -- Ben: "our family code : protect dad at all costs." -- Thomas: "she must have hundreds of cuts on her body." -- Brian: "Just understand your father, for my sake." -- Robert: "I called them the "nightly shows" - all violence." -- Tim: "Mom painted her bedroom midnight blue" -- Josh "It was emotional incest. mom said, "what's wrong with that?"" -- Randall: "My first memory? her trying to strangle me." -- Christopher: "I should have been able to save her." -- Conclusions.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.



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