{"product_id":"henrys-demons-patrick-cockburn-9781439154717","title":"Henry's Demons: A Father and Son's Journey Out of Madness","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback, the exceptionally well-reviewed, \"intimate and authoritative...outstanding double memoir\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eabout schizophrenia written by an eminent journalist and his son.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn a cold February day two months after his twentieth birthday, Henry Cockburn waded into an estuary outside Brighton, England and nearly drowned.\u003c\/b\u003e Voices, he said, had urged him to do it. Nearly halfway around the world in Afghanistan, journalist Patrick Cockburn learned his son had been admitted to a hospital. Ten days later, Henry was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Narrated by Patrick and Henry, this is the haunting, extraordinary story of the eight years he spent almost entirely in hospitals--and his family's steadfast response to a bewildering condition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining Patrick's frank reporting of his son's transformation from art student to mental patient with Henry's raw, eerily beautiful description of hearing trees and bushes speaking to him, voices compelling him to wander the countryside, the loneliness of life within hospital walls, and finally, his steps towards recovery, \u003ci\u003eHenry's Demons\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most profoundly moving and revealing accounts of mental illness ever written.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Cockburn, Henry Cockburn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439154716\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439154717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.78h x 5.64w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012 pg. 28","brand":"Patrick Cockburn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994984415487,"sku":"9781439154717","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_689a7e8e-10e6-45ac-bb7a-90a9aba18b0d.jpg?v=1683333346","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/henrys-demons-patrick-cockburn-9781439154717","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}