Meg Kissinger
Author
Language
English
Description
"From award-winning journalist Meg Kissinger, a searing memoir of a family besieged by mental illness, as well as an incisive exploration of the systems that failed them and a testament to the love that sustained them. Growing up in the 1960s in the suburbs of Chicago, Meg Kissinger's family seemed to live a charmed life. With eight kids and two loving parents, the Kissingers radiated a warm, boisterous energy. Whether they were spending summer days...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
After decades in institutions, a man with schizophrenia faces violence and death as he learns to live on his own. In collaboration with ProPublica, an investigation into a court-ordered effort to move those with mental illness into independent living.