{"product_id":"while-you-were-out-9781250793775","title":"While You Were Out","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowing 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 on the shores of Lake Michigan, barreling down the ski slopes, or navigating the trials of their Catholic school, the Kissingers always knew how to live large and play hard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut behind closed doors, a harsher reality was unfoldinga heavily medicated mother hospitalized for anxiety and depression, a manic father prone to violence, and children in the throes of bipolar disorder and depression, two of whom would take their own lives. Through it all, the Kissingers faced the world with their signature dark humor and the u\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528966349143,"sku":"9781250793775","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781250793775.jpg?v=1731873752","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/while-you-were-out-9781250793775","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}