num_pages: 369
description: Separated from her mother at an early age, Tara Elgin Holley became her mother's legal guardian at age 16 and set about trying to rescue the blonde fairy princess she remembered from the shambling street person her mother had become. An inspiring story of one woman's struggle to struggle through the pain to reach a better understanding of her mother, herself and a devastating mental illness.
language: English
title: My Mother's Keeper: A Daughter's Memoir Of Growing Up In The Shadow Of Schizophrenia
titlecomplete: My Mother's Keeper: A Daughter's Memoir Of Growing Up In The Shadow Of Schizophrenia
genres: Biography, Mental Illness, Psychology, Autobiography, Nonfiction, Mental Health, Memoir
ratings_count: 173
publisher: Harper Perennial