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Resilience : two sisters and a story of mental illness
Record details
- ISBN: 1455548804 (paperback)
- ISBN: 9781455548804 (paperback)
- ISBN: 1455548820 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9781455548828 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9781455548811 (ebook)
- ISBN: 1455548820 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781455548828 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781455548828 (hardback)
- ISBN: 1455548820 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9781455548804 (paperback)
- ISBN: 1455548804 (paperback)
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Physical Description:
306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2015.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Not your normal childhood -- Husbands and others -- Montana April, a fetal-position month -- The monster within me -- Finding myself. |
| Summary, etc.: | "The Close sisters are descended from very prominent and wealthy ancestors. When the Close sisters were very young, their parents joined a cult called the MRA, or Moral Rearmament. The family was suddenly uprooted to a cult school in Switzerland and, ultimately, to the Belgian Congo where their father became a surgeon in the war ravaged republic, and ultimately the personal physician to President Mobutu. Shortly after the girls returned to the US for boarding school, Jessie first started to exhibit symptoms of severe bipolar disorder (she would later learn that this ran in the family, a well-kept secret). Jessie embarked on a series of destructive marriages as the condition worsened. Glenn was always by her side, going so far as to adopt Jessie's daughter when Jessie was abandoned by the child's father. Jessie's mental illness was passed on to her son, Calen. It wasn't until Calen entered McLean's psychiatric hospital that Jessie herself was diagnosed. Fifteen years and twelve years of sobriety later, Jessie is a stable and productive member of society. Glenn continues to be the major support in Jessie's life. In RESILIENCE, the sisters share their story of triumphing over Jessie's illness. The book is written in Jessie's voice with running commentary and an epilogue written by Glenn"-- |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Close, Jessie Close, Glenn 1947- Mentally ill Family relationships Sisters Manic-depressive illness Psychoses |
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- 13 of 14 copies available at Bibliomation.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Beacon Falls Public Library | 616.89 CLO (Text) | 33120000371622 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport | 616.89 CLOSE (Text) | 34000081040966 | Adult Nonfiction | In process | - |
| Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | ANF 616.89 CLO (Text) | 33260000207176 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village | 616.89 Clo (Text) | 33180123731367 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Deep River Public Library | 616.89 Clos (Text) | 36039001143292 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Derby Public Library | 616.89 CLO (Text) | 34047129731346 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Douglas Library of Hebron | 616.89 CLO (Text) | 33400132299671 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Hotchkiss Library - Sharon | 616.89 Clo (Text) | 33660132012941 | Upper Level Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Kent Library Association - Kent | 616.89 (Text) | 33410129595700 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Milford Public Library | 616.89 C (Text) | 34013077418948 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
