When Robert Hine's daughter, Elene, first showed signs of
unhappiness as a little girl, no one dreamed she would grow up to
have a serious personality disorder. As an early "baby boomer,"
Elene reached adolescence and young womanhood in the midst of the
counterculture years. Her father, a respected professor of American
history at the University of California, shares the story of his
family's struggle to keep Elene on track and functional, to see her
through her troubles with delusions, medication, and eventually to
help her raise her own children.
Candid in its portrayal of the suffering Elene and her parents
endured and the stumbling efforts of doctors and hospitals, Hine's
story is also generous and inspiring. In spite of unimaginable
difficulties, Elene and her father preserved their relationship and
survived.
"My daughter has given me permission to go ahead with the
effort, �but� I know she would react quite differently to many of
the events. Where I felt sadness and dejection, she very likely
felt release and exultation. Where I felt helplessness, she very
likely felt in happy control. Where I saw confusion and delusion,
she may well have seen purpose and steadiness. This is not the
story she would tell. It is solely mine, solely the viewpoint of
one man, solely a father's feelings about his daughter."--from
Robert Hine's Preface to "Broken Glass"
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