In the follow-up to their award-winning memoir Bitter Medicine, brothers Clem and Olivier Martini continue the story of their family’s journey through mental illness, dementia, caregiving, and the health care system. Olivier Martini and...
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- Author:Martini, ClemSummary:
- Author:Powers, RonSummary:
Ron Powers offers a searching narrative of the social history of mental illness in America paired with the story of his two sons' battles with schizophrenia. This is a thought-provoking look at a dreaded illness that has long been...
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- Author:Krukoff, DevinSummary:
A compelling, haunting novel about a man experiencing gaps in time, and the pain of living inside an anxious mind. Felix wakes up one day to find he has a girlfriend he doesn't recognize. He finds a novel, with his name on the cover,...
- Author:Pozzulo, JoannaSummary:
- Author:Martini, ClemSummary:
"In 1976, Ben Martini was diagnosed with schizophrenia. A decade later, his brother Olivier was told he had the same disease. For the past thirty years the Martini family has struggled to comprehend and cope with a devastating...
- Author:Doucette, FredSummary:
Fred Doucette always wanted to be a soldier. In the 1960s he joined the Canadian Armed Forces and served in Cyprus in the 1970s and ?80s and Bosnia in the 1990s. When he returned home to in 1999 after his last overseas tour, he was...
- Author:Talaga, TanyaSummary:
"Every single year in Canada, one-third of all deaths among Indigenous youth are due to suicide. Studies indicate youth between the ages of ten and nineteen, living on reserve, are five to six times more likely to commit suicide than...
- Author:Hoy, ToniSummary:
Second Time Foster Child links parents locked into a custody relinquishment nightmare with other historically oppressed peoples. Child welfare attorneys, judges, and child welfare professionals will gain understanding of the parents’...