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Lee: The Tragic Story of a Family Broken by Schizophrenia

Lee: The Tragic Story of a Family Broken by Schizophrenia - Paperback

by Kenneth Farmer
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Availability:In StockContributor:Kenneth FarmerTheme:Topical/Death/DyingPublish date:2023-06-27Pages:334
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Ten16 PressISBN-13:9781645385462ISBN-10:1645385469UPC:9781645385462Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Family & Relationships, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, Death, Grief, Bereavement, PsychopathologyBook Topic:SchizophreniaSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.83 inchesWeight:0.77Product ID:SC518F7BB1

In this heartbreaking memoir, the author describes what it was like to lose his older brother and only sibling, Lee, to paranoid schizophrenia. The story begins in childhood, when his brother mentored him and was effectively his de facto Dad in an already dysfunctional family. Eventually, Lee becomes grandiose, delusional, and even violent, forcing the author and his father to initiate commitment proceedings. Yet the story does not end at this point, as Farmer and his family must still cope with the devastating fallout of the disease and its ever-frustrating dimensions.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Ten16 PressISBN-13:9781645385462ISBN-10:1645385469UPC:9781645385462Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Family & Relationships, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, Death, Grief, Bereavement, PsychopathologyBook Topic:SchizophreniaSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.83 inchesWeight:0.77Product ID:SC518F7BB1
Farmer, Kenneth: - Kenneth Farmer is a retired public defender and prosecutor. His first jury trial took place at the tender age of 19 when he was a witness at his brother's civil commitment proceeding. Though he has plenty of professional experience dealing with schizophrenia, it is his personal one that qualifies him the most to write this book. He actually went through the tears, disappointment, fear, shame, and blame that thousands of families of schizophrenics endure every day. As a result, he is able to describe with incredible accuracy the heartache as well as the legalities of this horrible problem. In addition to this memoir, Farmer has written two novels involving criminal justice: "Real Lawyers" and "Chez Betty."
Publisher: Ten16 Press

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