Overview
"What was the likelihood my adopted daughter would havemy father's hazel eyes and my mother's mental illness?"In this fiercely candid memoir, Dr. Pruchno, a scientist widelyacclaimed for her research on mental illness and families, shows howmental illness threatened to destroy her own family. Not once, buttwice.As a child, she didn't understand her mother's episodes ofcrippling sadness or whirlwind activity. As a mother, she feared herdaughter Sophie would follow in the footsteps of the grandmotherSophie never knew.Unraveling the mysteries of her mother's and daughter'sillnesses, Pruchno fought to preserve her marriage and protect herson. But it was not until she came to terms with her own secrets thatshe truly understood the destructive and pervasive effects mentalillness has on families.Surrounded By Madness is transforming. It will empowerfamilies to stop hiding and start talking when mental illness strikes.
