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portada Living in the Long Shadow: Surviving a Legacy of Mental Illness
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2026
Language
English
Pages
312
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
21.59x13.97 cm
ISBN13
9798896361589

Living in the Long Shadow: Surviving a Legacy of Mental Illness

Suzanne Sherman (Author) · She Writes Press · Paperback

Living in the Long Shadow: Surviving a Legacy of Mental Illness - Suzanne Sherman

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Synopsis "Living in the Long Shadow: Surviving a Legacy of Mental Illness"

This poignant and compelling memoir, set in ’60s–’70s Los Angeles, traces a daughter’s experience of her mother’s schizophrenia and its lasting fallout before she ultimately reckons with her mother’s suicide and trusts in enduring love.

When Suzanne Sherman is four, her musically gifted mother is struck by sudden-onset schizophrenia, altering the course of Suzanne’s childhood.

Told in dual timelines—the years of her childhood and the two weeks following her mother’s suicide when Suzanne is eighteen—Living in the Long Shadow traces Suzanne’s coming of age in the shadow of mental illness as her family struggles with its far-reaching effects. As a teenager, Suzanne makes the difficult decision to move out of her mother’s house and go to live with her father and stepfamily—a challenging but ultimately positive choice. While her mother manages life on medication, Suzanne forms a friendship with her, sharing values, confidences, and a love of music and poetry. But a year after leaving Los Angeles for college, she learns that her mother, who was unable to live with the medication or without it, has taken her own life.

Ten years later, an extraordinary sign comes from her mother—one that affirms the enduring presence of her love for Suzanne—and her grief begins to make room for acceptance.

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