{"product_id":"surviving-madness-betty-berzon-9781935226543","title":"Surviving Madness: The Betty Berzon Story","description":"\"...a rich account of the fascinating journey of [not only] her own life, [but] the remarkable people and places that punctuated it, and the war that raged inside her...an enthralling, instructive, and ultimately uplifting story.\u003cbr\u003e -Michelangelo Signorile, author of Queer in America and Life Outside. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEleanor Roosevelt, Anais Nin, Edith Sitwell, Evelyn Hooker, Paul Monette--such luminaries are only some of the fellow trailblazers whose paths intersected with Betty Berzon in this amazing memoir of the life of one of the most vital and fascinating of our LGBT pioneers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSurviving Madness unveils the dramatic story of an emergence from mental breakdown and suicide attempts to coming out as a lesbian at age forty, followed by the discovery of life-long love, the triumphant rise to becoming a groundbreaking therapist and a courageous, passionate, resolute activist--and the pioneering author of such classic books on lesbian and gay relationships as Permanent Partners and Positively Gay. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSurviving Madness is the transcendent story of a woman central to the reach for LGBT civil rights in the twentieth century, whose drama-charged life changed forever our own lives today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition of Surviving Madness includes a very special Introduction and Afterword by life partner Terry DeCrescenzo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Betty Berzon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1935226541\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781935226543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spinsters Ink Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.70d","brand":"Betty Berzon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43978834346239,"sku":"9781935226543","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e5c12ff2-c085-4490-aa1a-be2c6c2a3825.jpg?v=1683243209","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/surviving-madness-betty-berzon-9781935226543","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}