Approaching Neverland: A Memoir of Epic Tragedy & Happily Ever After

For as long as she could remember, Peggy Kennedy bore witness to her mother’s mental illness. While growing up in the 1960s, Peggy’s mother, Barbara, often liked to play games of make-believe and tell the children they were all going to Neverland—just like Peter Pan. But while the children knew it was all pretend, Barbara believed it to be all too true.

Approaching Neverland recounts Peggy and her family’s attempts to deal with their mother’s mental illness during a time when it was little ...