Posts tagged with ‘Mental Health and Illness’
December 2, 2016
EXCRUCIATINGLY HONEST MEMOIR of a life marked by both intense creativity and by mental illness, addiction.
Grade: SOLID B
LIAR: A MEMOIR
Crown Publishing Group
2016
Tags: Addiction and Recovery, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
October 13, 2016
THE POWER OF VIDEO GAMES, from tragic (literally fatal obsessions) to uplifting (solace for the bereft). B PLUS
DEATH BY VIDEO GAME: DANGER, PLEASURE, AND OBSESSION ON THE VIRTUAL FRONTLINE
Melville House Publishing
2016
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Health, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction, Science Writing
April 29, 2016
THE MIND-BODY CONNECTION: how medical research is exploring its healing potential. Evidence-based reporting! B PLUS
CURE: A JOURNEY INTO THE SCIENCE OF MIND OVER BODY
Crown/Archetype
2016
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Health, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction, Science Writing
April 1, 2016
A YOUNG MAN’S ADDICTIONS—to drugs, alcohol, sex, self-dramatization—presented in an unsettling memoir. SOLID B
THE GILDED RAZOR
Gallery Books
2016
Grade: SOLID B
Tags: Addiction and Recovery, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
May 26, 2014
A CANDID, RUEFUL MEMOIR of a difficult family life made harder by a brother’s addiction and mental illness. B PLUS
Grade: B PLUS
THE SPLENDID THINGS WE PLANNED: A FAMILY PORTRAIT
W. W. Norton & Company
2014
Tags: Addiction and Recovery, B Plus Reviews, Family, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction
August 6, 2013
LIFE WITH HOARDING PARENTS, and its impact on a writer’s psyche, told with compassion, frankness, and love.
Grade: SOLID B
COMING CLEAN: A MEMOIR
Houghton Mifflin/New Harvest
2013
Tags: Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction, Parenting, Solid B Reviews
May 20, 2013
A YOGA TEACHER, BUDDHIST practitioner shares thoughts for women on making peace with body and mind. Candid!
Grade: B MINUS
MAY I BE HAPPY: A MEMOIR OF LOVE, YOGA, AND CHANGING MY MIND
Dutton
2013
Tags: B Minus Reviews, Health, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Women's Issues, Yoga
May 12, 2013
FIERCE, FUNNY, LOVING memoir of father and son—both creative, adventurous, and living with Asperger’s.
Grade: B PLUS
RAISING CUBBY: A FATHER AND SON'S ADVENTURES WITH ASPERGER'S, TRAINS, TRACTORS, AND HIGH EXPLOSIVES
Crown
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Neuroscience, Non-Fiction, Parenting