Books tagged: mental illness

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My Heartfelt Fight for Rights by Writing Wrongs    by David Bruce
Price: $1.40 USD. 2530 words. Published on January 17, 2009. .

An impassioned personal essay dramatically conveying the leprous-like feeling of my first- hand, daily encounters on being afflicted with the stigma of mental illness. Relates and identifies well with discriminations of all others types in the universal language of wrongful injustices.
You Don't Know Crazy    by Wambui Bahati
Price: $7.99 USD. 85080 words. Published on March 26, 2009. .

From Broadway star to mental patient. Her struggle with mental illness is the underlying and recurring theme in her life until, the day, she walked away from the mental health system and became her own doctor and healer. Wambui shares how mental illness stole her life and how she took it back and re-invented herself.
East Garrison    by GM Weger
Price: $3.49 USD. 66040 words. Published on September 16, 2009. .

Four people are caught in a life altering situation on former Army base Fort Ord, an area rapidly being reclaimed by nature, including one dangerous predator. Heroine Tracy Dade, about to give birth to her first child, is compelled to repair her shattered relationship with her long lost father, a mentally tormented Vietnam War veteran living in his van. But Tracy's wish is about to explode.
Les Pensees Dangereuses: Dangerous thoughts about life, love, pets, friends and depression    by Sharon E. Cathcart
Price: $1.99 USD. 28910 words. Published on October 2, 2009. .

Part autobiography and part inspiration, "Les Pensees Dangereuses" (French for "dangerous thoughts") is a series of essays on friendship, spirituality, education, bullying, animals, clinical depression and more. Author Sharon E. Cathcart ("In The Eye of The Beholder") shares her thoughts, including an unfinished autobiography, "Unmasking My Phantoms: My Dance With Madness," in this new book.
Luggage By Kroger: A True Crime Memoir    by Gary Taylor
Price: $2.99 USD. 121690 words. Published on October 5, 2009. .

In this award-winning memoir, Houston journalist Gary Taylor recounts his true-life fatal attraction involvement in the trail of violence that has dogged Texas attorney Catherine Mehaffey Shelton, prompting coverage by newspapers, TV, movies and even Oprah. Take a seat on the wild ride of an obsessive relationship: erotic beginning to violent end and the trials required to clean up the mess.
Days with Indigo    by Christa Belle Harrison
Price: $10.00 USD. 107890 words. Published on April 8, 2010. .

"Days with Indigo" is the cozy story of a woman, Chloe Adair, who is locked in the memories of her past. With much frustration, she desperately seeks for the meaning of her life. With time, tea, and recollection, she goes on a journey of the mind. Can certain truths ever really be known? Join Chloe, and her cast of faithful companions, and find out.
Why They Do It: Beliefs & Emotional Gratification Lead to Violence    by Jane Gilgun
Price: Free! 3600 words. Published on May 1, 2010. .

Beliefs and emotional gratification are core issues in violent acts. Other explanations such as mental illness and being victims themselves take second place to belief systems. Through case studies, the author shows how beliefs and gratification are central to understanding and preventing violence
It's Okay to Cry    by Janice Daugharty
Price: $2.99 USD. 3150 words. Published on July 7, 2010. .

Bethann, a struggling college student, decides to take care of Holly, her evil, manipulative younger sister after their grandmother, who raised them, dies. But Holly is a mess. And en route to Miami after the funeral, Bethann lays down the rules to Holly, while mentally trying to understand what makes Holly tick. If Bethann can figure her out she can fix her. So she thinks.
Tara's Wish    by Helen Baumander
Price: $2.00 USD. 36830 words. Published on July 9, 2010. .

On the seventh anniversary of her mother's death, Tara is given that chance to bring her back to life. It’s a dangerous journey to Yumaso Mountain to ask Lothum, King of Deinoma, to restore her mother's life. But Lothum has other plans. He has created an army he will use to take over Earth. Tara may have to choose between restoring her mother’s life and saving the human race.
Little Big Girls    by Janice Daugharty
Price: $2.99 USD. 3740 words. Published on July 17, 2010. .

Temple, little beauty-queen pro, knows that her mother, Cammie, has spiked drinks of her competitors. Once Cammie even "accidentally" stepped on a child's dress tail and ripped it from the bodice. But tonight is Temple's first contest in her mother's small hometown and Temple will be competing with her first real friend, daughter of one of Cammie's former high-school classmates.