CRAZY ENOUGH by Storm Large
When you tell your life story and it has been
anything but a series of ups and downs where do you begin? For Storm Large is starts from day one of her
memory and moves forward to the day her life began again. This is a well-written documentation of her
life laid out the way it was lived, with an anticipation that at any moment
this could be the end. Ms. Large lived
with a mother, who resided in and out of mental institutions her entire life. Storm's mother was always looking for the
next drama to manifest and disease to have invaded her body.
At no time does Storm Large come off as
complaining or excusing what she did to cope with the life she was handed she
writes every gritty detail letting the reader decide for themselves exactly how
they might have handled the situation.
What Storm has written is how the
imperfection of life can lead you on many roads, but you have to take
responsibility at some point for the one you walking down. Storm Large has found a good path and one I
hope she stays on for her talent is boundless and the passion in her work
visible with her note.
This is a new to me author and a genre that I don't usually buy but it does sound interesting!
ReplyDeleteThings happen & life certainly can take you down paths you would not expect.
ReplyDeleteNew author to me. I do believe that imperfections lead to the best things.
ReplyDeleteThe book sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteCrazy Enough does sound interesting. I don't usually read memoirs, but I may check this out at the library.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review. I'm definitely interested in this book now.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. As mental illness seems to really touch most every family in some way, I think the subject matter is quite timely.
ReplyDeleteI will read this and see if I can suggest it to my book club. Sadly, mental illness is still mostly an "orphan" illness. Public assistance to help those suffering with mental illness and guidance for caregivers is sorely lacking. Modern prescription drug treatments are better than isolation, lobotomies and shock treatments administered in the middle of the 20th century, but the side effects of these new drugs can be very uncomfortable, so it can be difficult to convince people to stay on the drugs, contributing to a vicious cycle faced by the patient and their family.
ReplyDeleteHappy holidays! This sounds emotional.
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