{"product_id":"on-hearing-of-my-mothers-lori-l-schafer-9781942170037","title":"On Hearing of My Mother's Death Six Years After It Happened: A Daughter's Memoir of Mental Illness","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was the spring of 1989. I was sixteen years old, a junior in high school and an honors student. I had what every teenager wants: a stable family, a nice home in the suburbs, a great group of friends, big plans for my future, and no reason to believe that any of that would ever change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThen came my mother's psychosis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI experienced first-hand the terror of watching someone I loved transform into a monster, the terror of discovering that I was to be her primary victim. For years I've lived with the sadness of knowing that she, too, was a helpless victim - a victim of a terrible disease that consumed and destroyed the strong and caring woman I had once called Mom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMy mother's illness took everything. My family, my home, my friends, my future. A year and a half later I would be living alone on the street on the other side of the country, wondering whether I could even survive on my own.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut I did. That was how my mother - my real mother - raised me. To survive.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe, too, was a survivor. It wasn't until last year that I learned that she had died - in 2007. No one will ever know her side of the story now. But perhaps, at last, it's time for me to tell mine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lori L. Schafer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1942170033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942170037\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lori Schafer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.40d","brand":"Lori L. Schafer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125650813183,"sku":"9781942170037","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9d8aa6cb-dc20-4c7b-a2b3-6c9bfa3f6bde.jpg?v=1687443892","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-hearing-of-my-mothers-lori-l-schafer-9781942170037","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}