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Meh. This book had a good story -- Molly is truly the sickest person I have EVER read about, and her parents' attempts to get help for her were truly epic. I also learned a lot about Canada's medicine system for the mentally ill vs. the American system, and I was horrified to learn just how poorly trained psychotherapists and even psychiatrists are for dealing with schizophrenia.

So, in an informational sense, the book was good, and I think the parents of severely mentally ill children would get a lot out of it. And the fact that Molly is actually doing reasonably well now, when many of the doctors she saw thought her case was hopeless, would give hope.

But it's just badly written. It is very short, only 165 pages long, and felt rushed and not detailed enough. For instance, in the middle of things, Molly's father was diagnosed with terminal kidney cancer. Then several chapters later the author was like, "Yeah, so Molly's dad hadn't died yet. His cancer mysteriously disappeared. The doctors said sometimes that happens." I would have liked to have known more about that, especially how it impacted Molly.

I don't think the average person is going to enjoy this book much, though as I said it would be good for the families of mentally ill people.
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meggyweg | Apr 22, 2010 |

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