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The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness by Elyn R. Saks
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
5.0
An excellent book that made me remember how much I like reading biographies. What an honour it is to get a glimpse into other people's lives.
This is the third biography I've read that is about people living with schizophrenia. The other two were "Hidden Valley Road" by Robert Kolker and "I morgen var jeg alltid en løve" ("A Road Back From Schizophrenia") by Arnhild Lauveng. The three books focus on different aspects of the disease: Societal injustices and prejudices, scientific understanding, recovery (in Lauveng's case) and of course the actual experience of living with it.
All three were 5-star reads for me, and I highly recommend them.
This is the third biography I've read that is about people living with schizophrenia. The other two were "Hidden Valley Road" by Robert Kolker and "I morgen var jeg alltid en løve" ("A Road Back From Schizophrenia") by Arnhild Lauveng. The three books focus on different aspects of the disease: Societal injustices and prejudices, scientific understanding, recovery (in Lauveng's case) and of course the actual experience of living with it.
All three were 5-star reads for me, and I highly recommend them.