num_pages: 125
description: Room for J will touch your heartstrings. It is about a family struggling to come to grips with the unpredictability and unfairness of a severe mental illness. In this book, the father shares his struggle to understand his son J's schizophrenia. J's mother, brother, and sister also reveal what is feels like to lose a son and a brother by sharing pieces from their personal journal entries.Excerpts from J's own book reveal what it is like to live with someone who believes that he is God on a mission to change the world. The author and family hope these reflections are helpful for other families that struggle with mental illness. They want you to know that you are not alone. They also hope that their voices, along with the voices of others that deal with mental illness, will be heard, so that our world might finally make room for all our J's.
language: English
title: Room For J: A Family Struggles With Schizophrenia
titlecomplete: Room For J: A Family Struggles With Schizophrenia
genres: Nonfiction, Memoir
ratings_count: 26
publisher: Beaver's Pond Press