Shining On

By Adam Holbrook

Within the pages of Shining On Adam Holbrook relives for you his experiences while on the road to recovery from mental illness. Some are grisly, some are laugable, others  may bring you to tears, but all are graphic, informative and entertaining. A true  story  written from the heart of a troubled man.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Adam Holbrook
• Release date: Apr 24, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386683209

Adam Holbrook

Adam Holbrook was born in Lima Ohio  and grew up a a farm near the village of Westminster, Ohio. Adam began writing at the age of fifteen years and worked as a writer and photographer for several local newspapers. After bouts with schizophrenia, alcoholism, drug dependance and many psychiatric hospitalizations Mr. Holbrook has recovered to the point of being able to resume his writing career after many unproductive years.

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Preface

When a family friend returned to me the proof of my first book, Dear Mom, after reading it, she was enthusiastic about the story and urged me to write a sequel.

My friend told me that Dear Mom left many unanswered questions about what became of me following my return from the cross country jaunt which was the subject of my first literary composition.

Encouraged by her response to my first genuine literary endeavor, I began work on this book, a sequel to Dear Mom. It is aptly titled Shining On.

Adam Holbrook

September 29, 1994

Introduction

In retrospect, my first book was not difficult at all to write. Aside from searching my cluttered memory banks for the most noteworthy events surrounding my journey of 1977-78 and leafing through my worn thesaurus in search of just the right words to use, writing Dear Mom was not taxing nor was it particularly painful.

I suppose that it is because I was relating events which took place long ago and far away. This enabled me to write Dear Mom with some degree of detachment, much as a news reporter would write about a bus bombing which took place last April.

The writing of Shining On, however, could

not be approached in that manner. I was not writing about places and events from which I could stand aloof or detached. This book took me back home to the people and places I had known since my early childhood.

In this book I confess to the brutish abuse of those who loved me, including God.

Yes, Shining On has been both emotionally taxing and painful to write, but I was compelled to tell this story. Not for the sake of my loved ones alone did I write, but for all the families of those stricken with mental illness.

Yes, there can be a happy ending.

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The Arrival

February 8, 1978

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