Detention: A Daughter's Memoir of Mental Illness
By Lori Schafer
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I was sixteen when my mother became mentally ill. I experienced first-hand the terror of watching someone I loved transform into a monster, the terror of discovering that I was to be her primary victim. For years I’ve lived with the sadness of knowing that she, too, was a helpless victim – a victim of a terrible disease that consumed and destroyed the woman I had called Mom.
She died in 2007. No one will ever know her side of the story now. But perhaps, at last, it’s time for me to tell mine.
PLEASE NOTE: This is an EXCERPT from my memoir On Hearing of My Mother's Death Six Years After It Happened. It is NOT the full book.
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Detention - Lori Schafer
DETENTION
A FREE EXCERPT
From My Memoir
ON HEARING OF MY MOTHER’S DEATH SIX YEARS AFTER IT HAPPENED:
A DAUGHTER’S MEMOIR OF MENTAL ILLNESS
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DETENTION
Please Note: This is a FREE EXCERPT from my memoir ON HEARING OF MY MOTHER’S DEATH SIX YEARS AFTER IT HAPPENED: A DAUGHTER’S MEMOIR OF MENTAL ILLNESS. It is NOT the full book.
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