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Kissinger, Meg.
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Kissinger, Meg -- Family.
Kissinger, Meg -- Childhood and youth.
Investigative journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Families of the mentally ill -- United States -- Biography.
Mental illness -- Social aspects.
Mental health care -- United States.
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While you were out :...
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Kissinger, Meg.
Kissinger, Meg -- Family.
Kissinger, Meg -- Childhood and youth.
Investigative journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Families of the mentally ill -- United States -- Biography.
Mental illness -- Social aspects.
Mental health care -- United States.
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While
you
were
out
: an
intimate
family
portrait
of
mental
illness
in an
era
of
silence
/ Meg Kissinger.
by
Kissinger, Meg.
Celadon Books, 2023
Call #:
070.449616 K61w
Subjects
Kissinger, Meg --
Family
.
Kissinger, Meg -- Childhood and youth.
Investigative journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Families of the mentally ill -- United States -- Biography.
Mental
illness
-- Social aspects.
Mental
health care -- United States.
ISBN:
9781250793775 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xii, 303 p. : ill., photographs ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-303)
Summary:
"Growing up in the 1960s in the suburbs of Chicago, Meg Kissinger's
family
seemed to live a charmed life. With eight kids and two loving parents, the Kissingers radiated a warm, boisterous energy. Whether they
were
spending summer days on the shores of Lake Michigan, barreling down the ski slopes, or navigating the trials of their Catholic school, the Kissingers always knew how to live large and play hard. But behind closed doors, a harsher reality was unfolding. A heavily-medicated mother hospitalized for anxiety and depression, a manic father prone to violence, and children in the throes of bipolar disorder and depression, two of whom would take their own lives. Through it all, the Kissingers faced the world with their signature dark humor and the unspoken
family
rule-never talk about it. '
While
You
Were
Out
' begins as the personal story of one
family
's struggles, then opens outward as Kissinger details how childhood tragedy catalyzed a journalism career focused on exposing our country's flawed
mental
health care. Combining the intimacy of memoir with the rigor of investigative reporting, the book explores the consequences of shame, the havoc of botched public policy, and the hope offered by new treatment strategies..."--From publisher.
Genre:
Memoirs.
Holds:
5
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Adult Nonfiction
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