Well that was a brutal read. It's in-depth, well researched and an important record of this family and this disease/symptom. Long sections of it though are like being slapped in the face repeatedly with a heavy book (like this one is).
A cruel and bizarre family history cursed with the genetic predisposition of Schizophrenia, the dissection of which will eventually lead to possibly the best understanding ever of whatever that is.
It's not an easy journey, however well written and thoughtfully it's presented. Trigger warnings should probably be printed on the reverse next to the blurb. As the onion is slowly peeled back the mental, physical and sexual abuses mount up in a family unsupported by the science of the time and juggled by systems, people and processes designed to deal with things that no one could understand.
An amazing story, no other way to tell it.
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