The Snipers We Couldn't See: A Memoir of Growing Up with My Mother's Schizophrenia

THE SNIPERS WE COULDN'T SEE is Karen Comba's memoir of rare power, a harrowing and intimate portrait of the far-reaching, generational effects of severe mental illness. Told with determination and searing honesty, this book recounts the shattering details of growing up as the prime target of her schizophrenic mother's mental and physical abuse.

Karen's story is sure to resonate with anyone who was the quiet child who quietly retreated in school—and who felt shame and anxiety as relatives, fr...