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(More customer reviews)While the book is fairly well written, it was a little bit disjointed and one-sided. I thought there could be a better balance of the points of view of the two sisters.
As the mother of a schizophrenic, I am always looking for different views from both sides of the disease - from the afflicted as well as the family members who are also affected by this terrible condition
It would have been more informative and enlightening to hear more from the sister who was not schizophrenic, to hear more of her point of view and how she coped with her sister's affliction. There seemed not to be very much on that side of the coin.
Although I realize that this book obviously is not meant to be a text book and was most likely written to be simply an interesting observational read, I think a little more information and a clearer timeline would have been better. I would not recommend this book to people looking for better clues to understand a schizophrenic family person's thoughts and perceptions when in psychotic "mode".
Check this book out of the library if you want an afternoon's interesting read. Or buy it, but not for an in-depth look into a schizophrenic's mind. It simply does not fit that bill or answer that need if you are looking for that, as I always am.
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