My Mysterious Son: A Life-Changing Passage between Schizophrenia and Shamanism

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title My Mysterious Son: A Life-Changing Passage between Schizophrenia and Shamanism
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Dick Russell
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:436
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreMemoirs
Coping with illness
Parenting
ISBN/Barcode 9781510729001
ClassificationsDewey:616.8980092
Audience
General
Illustrations 26 color photographs; 1 b&w photograph; 4 color illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Skyhorse Publishing
Imprint Skyhorse Publishing
Publication Date 30 November 2017
Publication Country United States

Description

What a father will do to fight the mental illness that has destroyed his son. What does a father do when hope is gone that his only son can ever lead anything close to a "normal" life? That's the question that came to Dick Russell in the fall of 2011, when his son, Franklin, was thirty-two. At the age of seventeen, Franklin had been diagnosed with

Author Biography

Dick Russell has written for such varied publications as Time, Sports Illustrated, and the Village Voice.His books include The Man Who Knew Too Much, Black Genius, and On the Trail of the JFK Assassins. He is also the coauthor of several New York Times bestsellers, including American Conspiracies, 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read, and They Killed Our President.