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Book SynopsisSailing on Broken Pieces is told from the triple perspective of a sibling, caregiver and emergency room doctor who treats people with mental illness in the emergency room and copes with the same concerns at home. It is told through vignettes from the emergency room intertwined with common symptoms of mental illness. The goal of
Sailing on Broken Pieces is to eliminate the stigma of mental illness.
Oscar winning Best Actress, Jennifer Lawrence said: ""It's just so bizarre how in this world if you have asthma, you take asthma medication. If you have diabetes, you take diabetes medication. But as soon as you have to take medicine for your mind, it's such a stigma behind it.""
Sailing on Broken Pieces is unique from this triple perspective of ER doctor, sibling and caregiver of a person with mental illness. One in 3 Americans (65 Million) is a family caregiver for persons with mental illness.
Sailing on Broken Pieces provides strategies and insights on how to cope while providing support for their family member.
Trade Review“If Michelangelo could write rather than paint, he would create
Sailing on Broken Pieces, a masterful debut with visual imagery and palpable characters that leap off the page, sit in your living room to have a pleasant afternoon conversation”
“Like a fireman’s and emergency first responders’ tender care of your most prized possessions, the family,
Sailing on Broken Pieces wraps you in a soulful, cozy blanket, to land softly, but on solid ground.” ---Chief John B. Stewart, Retired, City of Hartford Fire Department, and author of
A Hard Climb Up the Ladder“Like beautiful music to the ears,
Sailing on Broken Pieces is a compelling symphony that forces you to laugh, move, dance and jump for joy. A remarkable read, like poetry in motion.”
Table of ContentsPrologue: The Wind Said No
Part I: Reflections in the WaterChapter 1: The Hardy Boys
Chapter 2: Sandburned
Chapter 3: The Scent of Lilac
Chapter 4: I See Unusual Things
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Part II: Charting the CourseBull’s Eye
Chapter 5: Fish Tail Car
Chapter 6: Dylan’s Hoop Dream
Chapter 7: Burning the Midnight Oil
Chapter 8: Tree Trunks
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Part III: Storm CloudsLunaception
Chapter 9: Earth and Sky
Chapter 10: You Will Never Know
Chapter 11: A Piece of Cookie
Chapter 12: One Thousand Cows
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art IV: Eye of the StormDifferent
Chapter 13: Mission Impossible
Chapter 14: Tell Bret
Chapter 15: A Day for Decision
Chapter 16: Pain but No Gain
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PART V: Days of RainDouble Negative
Chapter 17: Dizzy Dalliance
Chapter 18: Resuscitated
Chapter 19: The Open Mouth
Chapter 20: What’s up, Doc?
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Part VI: Sunny SkiesStepping Stones in My Rose Garden
Chapter 21: Unanswered Questions
Chapter 22: Esther’s Unlikely Tirade
Chapter 23: A Shore in Sight
Epilogue
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