{"product_id":"bitter-medicine-clem-martini-9781551119281","title":"Bitter Medicine: A Graphic Memoir of Mental Illness","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1976, Ben Martini was diagnosed with schizophrenia. A decade later, his brother Olivier was told he had the same disease. For the past thirty years the Martini family has struggled to comprehend and cope with a devastating illness, frustrated by a health care system lacking in resources and empathy, the imperfect science of medication, and the strain of mental illness on familial relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout it all, Olivier, an accomplished visual artist, drew. His sketches, comic strips, and portraits document his experience with, and capture the essence of, this all too frequently misunderstood disease. In \u003ci\u003eBitter Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e, Olivier's poignant graphic narrative runs alongside and communicates with a written account of the past three decades by his younger brother, award-winning author and playwright Clem Martini. The result is a layered family memoir that faces head-on the stigma attached to mental illness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShot through with wry humour and unapologetic in its politics, \u003ci\u003eBitter Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the Martini family, a polemical and poetic portrait of illness, and a vital and timely call for action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clem Martini, Olivier Martini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1551119285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781551119281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e FreeHand Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.90h x 9.80w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2010 pg. 28","brand":"Clem Martini","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043354996991,"sku":"9781551119281","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4d19bb48-0ea1-4fc8-92f4-c88be042dabd.jpg?v=1684966677","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bitter-medicine-clem-martini-9781551119281","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}