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Songs of Three Islands : A Story of Mental Illness in an Iconic American Family by Millicent Monks (2010, Hardcover)
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Like all mothers of children afflicted with this condition, Monks suffered from guilt and self-recrimination as she struggled to heal a disease that had no cause but for which she was held responsible.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAtlas & Co.
ISBN-101934633348
ISBN-139781934633342
eBay Product ID (ePID)79775110
Product Key Features
Book TitleSongs of Three Islands : a Story of Mental Illness in an Iconic American Family
Number of Pages250 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
TopicGenealogy & Heraldry, Developmental / Child, Psychopathology / General, General, Psychopathology / Personality Disorders
GenreRéférence, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology
AuthorMillicent Monks
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight11.3 Oz
Item Length7.5 in
Item Width5.2 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisMillicent Monks was born into one of the most famous families in America; her great-grandfather was the brother of Andrew Carnegie. Their fabled wealth enabled them to amass great houses and even private islands, but it was a dynasty torn apart by a succession of tragedies: suicide, alcoholism, and extremities of mental illness were passed on from generation to generation. For the women in the family, the consequences of this legacy have been painful. After a difficult childhood, the author's daughter was diagnosed at the age of eighteen with what is now known as borderline personality disorder, a debilitating mental illness that was for the parents-in the words of the novelist Sebastian Faulks-"a public shame as well as private devastation." Like all mothers of children afflicted with this condition, Monks suffered from guilt and self-recrimination as she struggled to heal a disease that had no cause but for which she was held responsible. In the end, through the intervention of a wise Jungian therapist, meditation, and-most important of all-acceptance, the author achieves a self-insight that enables her and her daughter to arrive at a delicate peace. Songs of Three Islands powerfully demonstrates that we are not defined by our inheritance alone., How a family with one of the most iconic names in American historysurvived the legacy of mental illness.
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