num_pages: 334
description: Young Lorna Person narrates this story of pain, honesty, humor, and identity in which she must contend with her mentally ill sister, whose inventive acts of self-destruction show the whole family that love can exist even in the darkest of places. 35,000 first printing. Tour.
language: English
title: My Sister from the Black Lagoon: A Novel of My Life
titlecomplete: My Sister from the Black Lagoon: A Novel of My Life
genres: Humor, Unfinished, Contemporary, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir
ratings_count: 524
places: San Fernando Valley, California, California
publisher: Simon & Schuster