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Zig-Zag Boy - A Memoir of Madness and Motherhood
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Zig-Zag Boy - A Memoir of Madness and Motherhood
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One night in 2009, Tanya Frank finds her nineteen-year-old son,
Zach—gentle and full of promise—in the grip of what the
psychiatrists would label a psychotic break. Suddenly and
inexplicably, Tanya is thrown into a parallel universe: Zach’s
world, where the phones are bugged, his friends have joined the
Mafia, and helicopters are spying on his family. In the years
following Zach’s shifting psychiatric diagnoses, Tanya goes to
war for her son, desperate to find the right answer, the right
drug, the right doctor to bring him back to reality. She struggles
to navigate archaic mental healthcare systems, first in California
and then in her native London during lockdown. Meanwhile, the boy
she raised—the chatty, precocious dog-lover, the teenager who
spent summers surfing with his big brother, the UCLA
student—suffers the effects of multiple hospitalizations,
powerful drugs that blunt his emotions, therapies that don’t
work, and torturous nights on the streets. Holding on to startling
moments of hope and seeking solace in nature and community, Tanya
learns how to abandon her fears for the future and accept the
mysteries of her son’s altered states. With tenderness, lyricism,
and generous candor, this compelling story conveys the power of a
mother’s love. Zig-Zag Boy is both a moving lamentation for
things lost and a brave testament to the people we become in
difficult circumstances.
General
Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2024 |
Authors: |
Tanya Frank
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Dimensions: |
210 x 140mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
224 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-324-07462-5 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-324-07462-0 |
Barcode: |
9781324074625 |
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