Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Reckless Steps toward Sanity: A Memoir
Reckless Steps toward Sanity: A Memoir
Reckless Steps toward Sanity: A Memoir
Ebook309 pages4 hours

Reckless Steps toward Sanity: A Memoir

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

At sixteen Judith Sara Gelt finally rebels after spending years watching her warm, Jewish home in Denver disintegrate. It’s 1968 and bipolar disorder has been ravaging her mother and has sent her father, a powerful attorney, into a spiteful tailspin. To escape Gelt makes one perilous choice after another, and these decisions carry her, unprepared and alone, into a world that is sometimes cruel and often dangerous. After returning to Denver she works to understand her parents and her past, and she is surprised to discover her own strengths.

Throughout her memoir Gelt reflects upon how risk taking has shaped her relationships with and her attitudes toward men and sex, her daughter, Judaism, and her own eventual diagnosis of major depressive disorder.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateApr 1, 2019
ISBN9780826360649
Reckless Steps toward Sanity: A Memoir
Author

Judith Sara Gelt

Judith Sara Gelt is a retired middle school teacher and a former lecturer in educational psychology and philosophy. Her work has appeared in various publications, including the Denver Post, the Nashville Review, and Iron Horse Literary Review. She lives in Denver, Colorado.

Related to Reckless Steps toward Sanity

Related ebooks

Personal Memoirs For You

View More

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for Reckless Steps toward Sanity

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Reckless Steps toward Sanity - Judith Sara Gelt

    _7cbook_preview_excerpt.html|ےW䯤fk2J(Zh,NӴkpy*oKAC||Jɺ{I$zDHdKG77ͫ^d~y}qvsկٷt} c6ӵ~\\pv?(Y۲|OSU?z_~U9f?ME9ЇX^WUn?Yb6U9ca?K_e3Ⳳ})1qmvUǾCrӇoaL= c]=&c6c|~곏iܷ:U9Veo+>fc7dc{} =~UŘo8y_vU~b;qB{G Nlo=.b3s~W_|q eo>/Mg_}_~'_շ5&Xݮ.t?fQ#yK}/ Wc Y [v?>-86X׸3,ua,Ck]<= u} 6O/=>Ͽ{T|V ?~٧/7O[N{?_ŧ~E'<&BYM|nm?E?O00d"vy&+;~m#C@)P<4u\gڬFӳdw!?#"v\èLjdC[ KaְrNʺ*|]Yvv4 ?}Dz5j`vah] {>CWbΞ#"m݅HEZś}lZMI՚;a<>'op QFSt.mq/JpX"q[6 |I!{ <51^a_w7|ή`ILr8S]ǘҊ5 R;ؽ}&pZ6;6 c'e^׆vr+i k/0qu7fWTa 6fùoPbW\X U,mBA{Ǎg/%0 hN0pɸ&مX-2[*F"L`(|հўyЕ%B UkH2õF~`@NF|*|Ë+8E9`%5\_ơ{nMMѾ/1fCU<8LőSq»pB1V[[wW>C !8R.VU}Hk4mUd?mؒ04jk0DrS3pH>{^ӶDu62!PE@"H[A׏_^L]gU`_q>}G M.`c߈JvnX:+*n:tlu lR'cw 38KY,l6jEVː3C;Ɛs9@#GC C+8!r$*F"gj 9IkO!@Nȥ8FU 25B,mr@ha q_L;6umcsV OqVdum_Z}ҵ+GRR,1TxUd[y]ia <0Bto>>BH<o !^bd CG=C7M#uQ"y*bGoHoIH;"c} 4:r/=H8*E,>.TDŽM[D}v% s.NYK&<ۮڑ9osH 4Yױ 'ne;u( R {!V(jaS ?sY#! &`9`/7'2`Eż3i!+8Q*{ X0㭨gN^"vhWW8"lB~ixi;9w# Dnd9NlHьr)B+CHSEm]!@ñS$+ > 2ۆܚ8jVsT 'X ,R1'>NoYq 0N '6= ZO 6V`.q/2͛};PU ߀] `wlϻ󆻞K,!lSDB.Ɵv#V.9/ѠӦ8JBN Y!z!$%,Z)LiK^ Ne䖮!mmhfi'cb['|r.]_ir4:P 8o9gRUsbpi~J1jTw s;UC>Be.Rt†pAJ?3d"ȼ] X5NFF?ғ^VDw]+_*f8ʟteIEi*&E:bI~IJ_Gv mi͐$R\ƆKgwk{[O{AㆲRn eΊM*} 4O$2] >ۅNı8v\Y'ypɣĜ㚴dQ1.qHh;X!/o`zX}]"JMp\uͰ5y McWe"pX{ʛUi.ΠmzyȬ,Mihm&b Q"hQI )5we㵚3}Ŀ0 kT\bu s%A)$M}?=xq;vVAxʊK+bGfh? %amN*%!㹲>&\{iuX̅r̉^f=0 +| i LwU% $m i 4۵Ev:- re&l[A.Z`mǟ'F:O/0!@aH>o5?9){VI ~ҿf6m4ma*ckD?nWT}26Gb$W)m:VՄȋ ^Yut׀s0< J S]ْ5΁ҬLӇ~uR*i{@nG@\ĭt ysZc#gnd8 g_fɁePC=*i8# sD?=˰gH+T!ì.\ BӐ|Xa1h`XSoGX*µ#,0*rki=ρeNbwca蠐~:%G~ : N8Gِ&PY9;\( VYR^S*t@FzdK K ;LVZו(HBe|R]WJӘ]P<,еU'۸aOC{a^I=6f\^L鷘Z5 m[)C̶lҎos(IJ4 Q25S7r=ni,:{DiV|YӔl'/n腰A?"ƙ"^TNf-0T#3(ñ7>oHjn4nط\؆k%"ETV7x,!mJV#J~No6W](ǡ`̴ _&^iOxo]k),P`O5!!v_i"Li86^hߴ[l}PcV$$~,ai@ IJK.2K.oh(:+_:> Z+xج;KHԐ`֫Vnmm.Z9h j[ Ӥ MX?֭hשso! ꪫ %\uC a ]:I l [SFB v\/׊)@XP+$?Yq TD9b/sgaTȔw JZ q2**2Šbʽ UE=!;f3+O-b/rAԻ]ݦъB+R7̏V>ʆR#xK$C;[0ւI XἬ$>Zm 2?ZZe>US-[He%FFd:!l(MݳʙyJ:Q›xʒ70S^ga%|׭E-5_S"9TAYqRεU5%se\cR{9au~ox ‘Y4¦))߇g5Qy5x6$QPK9xB -ժ=Kx-J}j-ܘƭ"Cc1E:62P}y(]gx SwcdPŬ mi`w[[&T#ƶM"vZbl}r~+2ci An1W7T:Ә4O7m FtB:JI{[)o>jd._asK eL).,J7V&;TqՏ.ps&?;3"5L*QK_ RsFjHV>p6eJȆEzF lzjWRNR8 R=(EtyjS&igQOHr;WPֵ˧ u4Qz1J)u8+ɽ[t©^ձ3.jFqo82wn~O`<؄M׳LjikKC Oh$ ?4,ިF$Q)g1.Z yNm٤eoaDEG`^ H1YYz8F H k:rWGLl*>ֆzrT$&GwZCJvS~,#@^P5U[K.QY_CcuFM=W9xɻd PV!oL yMw9WlɕZQzfzlN]QrkӶb-٩P_nF"+=/J(ji75מi%ֈbsQ80&X늛{g'R ꩂOPGCzw*-li3,Q29?Y7_Sa! rD_֭vɝPe:dEG`RZDؽ~a2ti*<ѳ@{;w_Lv$$#یj7oqiKEݩ^(J+L N&mRv\,1w%y~n^'gzaؓʒaѓcL%U[T:ϒyoꝖ ˜ۍjdet$oz:{)<QY_<+HPD[:ZI3c{}t}gqUdws/0{͊Ϋ$٨Cf[CMnK:'>b$W6V `pӲ^Ǻ7 Abj;l\ydz<ㅁ$>mIB孪K^až^:&}8`ױ=YD-BWY 0\)2> ED:pYĮⅉyF9st&Фɇvr__@M97,Y+E`TPb*1 ~Q_/Ta+˓rѴ I'dÆ4l&2<$v?}a.DEN?m<0Մ"C XI#/j.Nڲ_!O2Y΄qʹTqF֨'iVw\"&uԲI4H]J< \q]Y=&?{lX L9uq&znAbL"&I^RI7~d.ڹ=xWIKDx1طl84z!2"__G:П6_LDi EL %m߾gUYAs>f` G$qs9hk]$ o^94ʊ'ʹ4.TPN%o州zJIdo[9t^3 TO-ل FcaQ{ؠFS˜JꧻQ]QayK?ID4%$հݶ"$!]sqj;E^lSXx0Lo{Gזk$_M޾۬xr>!GRޱ^NEib6e+w01([뺌+l#i7yE|RZ SGl=@xkDDVC^UyKZg7C"چ lS($O(ag=u];.ԢOSHs?wkp͓ģg wY J uֻZy8gN8+Y#\7vSo T~ISW>E) =8|Wt K!ˈ0'᩶܍KN^!Ԟ0:w:lyTV!س lY7Q}hE6uBԌbPMfP"@Uv:pTe jSI_Wbv~jr^?kթ$.eb"*bzu^Y[`l wΤ" P"ieڬ!Z R>zenK jx?o.!z "Z_\p>b%MD.ptޒUVPc$b(nۭE <<('+=CnbYƭ3!s垊} B^cwQJ(G [{'0R h/뼵 >cb6z殅pX yaxXb($vk?89~ky\Z^dSɂ g %?%6Z,NP3\ɷW9͡o%:y3}: Lg/ ,mX+{ۅ< -ڼҡ_%je|qPEAX"RS⍚wX45Ilzqp=)rjs3L*wKh+ޞy=y<{5|)26<+)dslDH\Yya
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1