Moodshine: A Caregiver's Journey

When Liz Colvin’s bright, funny, “hippie‑hearted” daughter Maggie began to unravel in her Austin apartment, it resembled a bad dream—a dead neighbor’s dog, sleepless nights, a growl “like a thousand ghouls,” and a mother suddenly fighting for her child’s life with nothing but love and a metaphorical butter knife.

Moodshine: A Caregiver’s Journey is Liz’s unflinching, deeply human memoir of learning—again and again—how to care for a loved one with serious mental illness without losing herself...