Family Illness (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781647503482)

Family Illness is a realistic fictional piece of work written to give mature readers a sense of what it is like for someone to grow up afflicted with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Steve, the main character, suffers as a child in the 1980s, growing up in a secular Jewish household. He has lots of physical and verbal tics while in school but lives in fear that his secret living with a mental illness in a hostile world will be revealed. As Steve grows up into a young adult, his illness plays tricks on him, making him question every moral aspect of his life. His fears intensify at the same time as he learns that a family member has OCD as well. This encourages Steve to fight back, but he wonders if he has lost too much of his life to the disease.

Author: Evan Wechman
ISBN-10: 1647503485
ISBN-13: 9781647503482
Publisher: Austin Macauley
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2021
Pages: 190
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.40d