Words with My Father: A Bipolar Journey Through Turbulent Times (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780960118915)

THE DRAMATIC STORY OF A PIONEERING MAN, HIS MERCURIAL MIND AND A SOCIETY IN LIMBO.

"If you found An Unquiet Mind or Darkness Visible transformative, Words With My Father will further enrich your perspective and resilience."

Mission:
A deceased father and alive son discuss the development of the father's bipolar condition during the turmoil of the 1960s and explore the insights into better mental health that readers (like you) can absorb from his intense odyssey.

Synopsis:
Words With My Father offers a gripping portrait of the evolution of a young man's mental illness and how it manifested into a dramatic and often dangerous existence through the turbulence of the Civil Rights, Peace and Conservation movements.

Lowell Klessig's posthumously-released story, infused with reflections by his son Lukas, provides an intimate window into one man's life in flux with bipolar disorder. As the author narrates a postwar upbringing and describes the manic-depressive travails of developing his identity, he offers us a view into the turmoil of the times - and of his mind.

Through mania- and danger-filled months fighting for Civil Rights, protesting the Vietnam War and furthering the Conservation Movement, we see the purpose that sustained him. Through darkened panes, we witness the isolation and malaise of depressive winters that nearly took his life. This masterful chronicle allows us to peer into a restless and kinetic existence in one moment and a chasm of fatigue and hopelessness on the next page.

It's an account that will change your perspective. It's a bipolar journey that you won't ever forget.

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Author: Lowell Klessig, Lukas Klessig
ISBN-10: 0960118918
ISBN-13: 9780960118915
Publisher: Medley Park Press
Language: English
Published: 04/25/2023
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.70h x 6.20w x 1.10d