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While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence by Meg Kissinger

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_jacket_oil_'s review

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reflective sad medium-paced

melm1216's review

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5.0

My midwestern, catholic, bipolar self really appreciated Kissinger’s honest memoir of her life, and shares such important messages about managing familial mental health and generational trauma

micdakil's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

mcoatesrn's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

ncataldo's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

isacataldo's review against another edition

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I thought this was a great memoir! Even though the topics were dark, I loved the way the author wove in happy stories of her family moving forward. It was a great balance between the good and bad.