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Crazy: Memoir of a Mom Gone Mad

JEWELL, CHARISE

$39.99

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When Charise Jewell decided to leave her career as a robotics engineer to pursue writing fiction, the 40-year old mother of three had no idea that she was embarking on a real life story beyond her wildest imagination. Without warning, and while preparing to celebrate Mother's Day 2017, she rapidly descended into a severe mania, was hospitalised, and was given a devastating diagnosis: bipolar 1 mood disorder. Over the following three years, Charise and her family would experience the ups and downs of not only her manic depression, but also of the mental health care system, and the way the society at large treats people with mental illness. Crazy: Memoir of a Mom Gone Mad is a captivating, heart-breaking and ultimately inspiring journey through the pain and beauty of sanity, and insanity.

AUTHOR:
A voracious reader and aspiring writer since childhood, Charise Jewell was born in Germiston, South Africa and immigrated to Canada when she was seven years old. She holds an Honours B.Eng. in mechanical engineering from McGill University in Montreal, and worked as a robotics engineer for fifteen years before having children and becoming a writer. She proudly lives with bipolar disorder and educates for the fair and dignified treatment of the mentally ill. Charise lives in Toronto with her husband and three children. Visit her at charisejewell.com

ISBN: 9781913680244
Author: JEWELL, CHARISE
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01/02/2022
RRP: $39.99
Pages: 280
Dimension: 210mm X 135mm
Imprint: Dixi Books