{"product_id":"living-in-the-long-shadow-suzanne-sherman-9798896361589","title":"Living in the Long Shadow: Surviving a Legacy of Mental Illness","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis poignant and compelling memoir, set in '60s-'70s Los Angeles, traces a daughter's experience of her mother's schizophrenia and its lasting fallout before she ultimately reckons with her mother's suicide and trusts in enduring love.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Suzanne Sherman is four, her musically gifted mother is struck by sudden-onset schizophrenia, altering the course of Suzanne's childhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold in dual timelines--the years of her childhood and the two weeks following her mother's suicide when Suzanne is eighteen--\u003ci\u003eLiving in the Long Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e traces Suzanne's coming of age in the shadow of mental illness as her family struggles with its far-reaching effects. As a teenager, Suzanne makes the difficult decision to move out of her mother's house and go to live with her father and stepfamily--a challenging but ultimately positive choice. While her mother manages life on medication, Suzanne forms a friendship with her, sharing values, confidences, and a love of music and poetry. But a year after leaving Los Angeles for college, she learns that her mother, who was unable to live with the medication or without it, has taken her own life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTen years later, an extraordinary sign comes from her mother--one that affirms the enduring presence of her love for Suzanne--and her grief begins to make room for acceptance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Suzanne Sherman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798896361589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e She Writes Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"Suzanne Sherman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801372602623,"sku":"9798896361589","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/living-in-the-long-shadow-suzanne-sherman-9798896361589","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}