Marin Sardy's memoir traces the path of the schizophrenia that runs in her family.

This work is an account of a father's fight to save his child from an extremely severe case of mental illness in the face of overwhelming adversity. The creator of the janisjourney.org blog traces the story of his fight to save his daughter from her severe schizophrenia and what he has learned about mental illness and its impact on family life.-- The creator of the janisjourney.org blog traces the story of his fight to save his daughter from her...

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