Mom & Me: My Journey with Mom's Schizophrenia

By Alexandra Georgas

Living alone as a teen with her mom’s untreated schizophrenia, Sandy experienced disturbing behaviors and learned quickly how powerless she was to bring her healthy mother back to normal. But in time, Sandy learned to love her newly mentally ill mother, to delight in her and to have a meaningful and positive lifelong relat

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alexandra Georgas
• Release date: Aug 15, 2016
• ISBN: 9781633932807

Alexandra Georgas

Alexandra Georgas is an author, international speaker, and performing songwriter who has worked for over thirty-six years in the computer technology field. A graduate of Second City in Chicago, Alexandra peppers her work with humor. Her book, Computer Geek Speaks shares stories of success and humorous mistakes from her careen in IT. Alexandra currently works as a Senior Solutions Architect, has a Master's degree in Information Systems from DePaul University and has spoken at technical conferences throughout the United States, Europe and South America.

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