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Imagining Robert - My Brother, Madness and Survival - a Memoir (Paperback) Loot Price: R773
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Imagining Robert - My Brother, Madness and Survival - a Memoir (Paperback): Jay Neugeboren

Imagining Robert - My Brother, Madness and Survival - a Memoir (Paperback)

Jay Neugeboren

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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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Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: March 2003
First published: March 2003
Authors: Jay Neugeboren
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-3296-7
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Psychiatry
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General
Books > Biography > General
LSN: 0-8135-3296-5
Barcode: 9780813532967

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