I bought this book ages ago, and put it on my pile of "obligatory reading". You know, the books you think you should read, but don't ever actually get around to. But when I started reading it, I found it impossible to put down. This book touched me in ways I never expected, and made me so much more aware of the challenges of mental illness, and the humanity of it as well. It is "obligatory reading", and I say that with great respect. Everyone needs to read this book, and understand the complexity of family, for good or bad.