Half in love
Subtitle: surviving the legacy of suicide, a memoir
By: Linda Gray Sexton
Publisher: Counterpoint; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781582437187
Subjects: Mental health; Suicide; Family; Influence; American Poets; Suicide victims; Case studies; Children of suicide victims; Depressed persons; Family relationships; Mothers and daughters; Biography
Description: Reveals how, as the daughter of the poet Anne Sexton, the author comes to deal with her mother's life and suicide, and with the support of her family, therapy, and medication, is able to control her biploar disorder and her own suicidal tendencies.
Table of contents: title: A terrible act; title: Voices; title: My mother's legacies; title: Up and down; title: Free fall; title: Stories about the nut house; title: Marriage and motherhood; title: California; title: In the lunatic factory; title: The door; title: Never be a suicide; title: A cool distance; title: Pretty red stripes; title: Round two; title: The door, part 2; title: In the land of the bed; title: Contours and excavations; title: A new voice; title: Gifts of love; title: Sailing free; title: The women of my life; title: Lucky loves; title: Hope.