Dear Michael, love Dad
By: Iain Maitland
Contributors: Maitland, Iain
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2016
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781473638167; 9781473638174; 9781473638181
Subjects: Correspondence; Eating disorders in men; Fathers and sons; Anorexia nervosa; Patients; Health; Letter writing; Popular works; Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Family relationships; Depression in men
Description: In 2007 Michael Maitland left home for university and in the years that followed he developed depression, OCD and, almost fatally, anorexia. It was only when Michael was taken to hospital in 2012, his body shutting down and his organs failing, that the family realised exactly what was happening. Later, Iain was given a bundle of letters that had been carefully-saved and tucked away in a drawer - the letters he had written to Michael regularly from the autumn of 2007 when he went to university. Dear Michael, Love Dad is a collection of these letters coupled with extracts from Michael's daily diaries from The Priory and behind-the-scenes commentary; exploring the story of a son's descent, a father's ignorance and stupidity, and a once joyous family almost torn apart by tragedy. -- Pulisher information