{"product_id":"no-one-cares-about-crazy-people-9780316341134","title":"No One Cares about Crazy People","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author Ron Powers offers a searching, richly researched narrative of the social history of mental illness in America paired with the deeply personal story of his two sons'' battles with schizophrenia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the centuries of torture of lunatiks at Bedlam Asylum to the infamous eugenics era to the follies of the anti-psychiatry movement to the current landscape in which too many families struggle alone to manage afflicted love ones, Powers limns our fears and myths about mental illness and the fractured public policies that have resulted. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Braided with that history is the moving story of Powers''s beloved son Kevin -- spirited, endearing, and gifted -- who triumphed even while suffering from schizophrenia until finally he did not, and the story of his courageous surviving son Dean, who is also schizophrenic. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A blend of history, biography, memoir, and current affairs ending with a consideration of where we might go from here\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning journalist Powers (\u003ci\u003eMark Twain: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e, 2005, etc.) presents two searing sagas: an indictment of mental health care in the United States and the story of his two schizophrenic sons.... This hybrid narrative, enhanced by the author's considerable skills as a literary stylist, succeeds on every level. * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) *\u003cbr\u003eExtraordinary and courageous...I'm not sure I've ever read anything that handles the decline of one's children with such openness and searing, stumbling honesty...[Powers] writes with fierce hope and fierce purpose to persuade the world to pay attention. No doubt if everyone were to read this book, the world \u003ci\u003ewould \u003c\/i\u003echange. * Ron Suskind, New York Times Book Review *","brand":"Little, Brown \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48883967131991,"sku":"9780316341134","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/no-one-cares-about-crazy-people-9780316341134","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}