This fragile life : a mother's story of a bipolar son

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Label

This fragile life : a mother's story of a bipolar son

Title remainder

a mother's story of a bipolar son

Statement of responsibility

Charlotte Pierce-Baker

Creator

• Pierce-Baker, Charlotte

Contributor

• hoopla digital

Subject

• Electronic books
• Manic-depressive persons -- Family relationships -- United States
• Manic-depressive persons -- United States -- Biography
• African Americans -- Mental health

Genre

• Electronic books
• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

Told in a mother's own words, this is a moving story of a loving African American family that faces the daily crisis of an unpredictable mental disorder. Charlotte Pierce-Baker and her husband did everything right when raising their son Mark: providing emotional support, the best education possible, and the freedom to choose his own path. At age 25, Mark was pursuing a postgraduate degree in film, living with his fiance, and seemingly in control of his life, so Pierce-Baker never imagined her high-achieving son would wind up handcuffed, barely clothed, dirty, mad, and in jail. Mark's bipolar disorder manifested late and included hospitalizations, calls in the night, pleas for money, jail, lawyers, prescriptions, doctors, alcohol and drug relapses, and continuous disputes about how to live and not live. This autobiography weaves a fascinating story of mental illness, race, family, the drive of African Americans to succeed, and a mother's love for her son

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

• 616.89/50092
• B

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Target audience

adult