My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward
A Memoir
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Description de l’éditeur
International Bestseller
A heart-wrenching, yet hopeful, memoir of a young marriage that is redefined by mental illness and affirms the power of love.
Mark and Giulia’s life together began as a storybook romance. They fell in love at eighteen, married at twenty-four, and were living their dream life in San Francisco. When Giulia was twenty-seven, she suffered a terrifying and unexpected psychotic break that landed her in the psych ward for nearly a month. One day she was vibrant and well-adjusted; the next she was delusional and suicidal, convinced that her loved ones were not safe.
Eventually, Giulia fully recovered, and the couple had a son. But, soon after Jonas was born, Giulia had another breakdown, and then a third a few years after that. Pushed to the edge of the abyss, everything the couple had once taken for granted was upended.
A story of the fragility of the mind, and the tenacity of the human spirit, My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward is, above all, a love story that raises profound questions: How do we care for the people we love? What and who do we live for? Breathtaking in its candor, radiant with compassion, and written with dazzling lyricism, Lukach’s is an intensely personal odyssey through the harrowing years of his wife’s mental illness, anchored by an abiding devotion to family that will affirm readers’ faith in the power of love.
Avis des utilisateurs
My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward
This was a painful book to read but I read it to the end because I wanted to know. The author is very honest.
Anyone with mental illness in the family will appreciate this honesty. And for those that have never gone through this, it is informative.
Wow
A stunning book. Might resonate with anyone who has ever felt the darkness creep in. A counterbalance between a sharp and enduring love story - and the mundane, painful reality of living life while caring for a spouse. Thank you for sharing your story.
Amazingly Raw and Breathtaking
Gave great insight to life on the other end of mental health. How love can endure.