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Imagining Robert - My Brother, Madness and Survival - a Memoir (Paperback)
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Imagining Robert - My Brother, Madness and Survival - a Memoir (Paperback)
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" Neugeboren] is the first writer to capture what it's like for the
millions of families who must cope with a problem for which, most
of the time, there is no solution. It's that portrait of a loving
relationship that gives Imagining Robert its great power."--Book of
the Month Club News "Novelist Neugeboren has written a detailed,
exquisitely painful, and always thoughtful account of his younger
brother's long struggle with mental illness. It] may bring
understanding to those who can barely imagine such horrors and
comfort to those who have and felt it alone."--Publishers Weekly
"An uncommon tale of brotherly love, and a passionate defense of
the notion that dignity belongs as much to the mad as the rest of
us."--Kirkus Reviews Jay Neugeboren and his brother, Robert, grew
up in Brooklyn in the years following World War II. Both
brothers--smart, talented, and popular--seemed well on the way to
successful lives when, for reasons that remain ultimately
mysterious, Robert had a mental breakdown at age nineteen. For the
past forty years Jay has been not only his brother's friend and
confidant, but his advocate, as Robert continues to suffer from the
ravages of the illness that has kept him institutionalized for most
of his adult life. Imagining Robert tells the story of these two
brothers and how their love for one another has enabled both to
survive and to thrive in miraculous, surprising ways. It reveals
how even the grimmest of lives can be sustained by the power of
love. Jay Neugeboren is the author of thirteen books, including two
collections of award-winning stories, two prize-winning novels, and
two nonfiction titles. His most recent book is Transforming
Madness: New Lives for People Living with Mental Illness, winner of
a "Ken" 2000 Book Award from the New York City/Metro Chapter of the
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.
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