A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise: A True Story About Schizophrenia

"Compelling...A bracing work of art and a loving tribute" (Los Angeles Times), this propulsive, stunning book illuminates the experience of living with schizophrenia like never before.

Sandy Allen did not know their uncle Bob very well. As a child, Sandy had been told Bob was "crazy," that he had spent time in mental hospitals while growing up in Berkeley in the 60s and 70s. But Bob had lived a hermetic life in a remote part of California for longer than Sandy had been alive, and what little...