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Altered Life

by Pearlie Wood

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TEENAGER’S WORLD UPENDED WHEN MENTAL ILLNESS STRIKES

Abigail McKenzie was a bright, popular high school student with great dreams for her future. One day, mental illness struck and those dreams came crashing down. Or did they? In this fascinating psychological novel, we learn about schizophrenia from the perspective of eighteen year old Abby. She unexpectedly finds herself afflicted with a condition that has severe social stigma and for which there is no cure. We accompany her as she gradually loses mental clarity and the ability to function in society; and we follow her on the journey as she attempts to return to a normal life. By a cruel twist of fate in Abby’s family, she ends up living in a boarding home where she meets persons from all walks of life who, like her, struggle with mental illness. The home’s administrator and a new social club for mentally ill people challenge Abigail to confront her schizophrenia. She must now decide whether to continue living an altered life, or attempt to reach past her condition to the life she had once dreamed about.

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Paperback
Format: 5.5 x 8.5 Black & White Paperback, 235 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Jul 03, 2013)
ISBN10: 1432779400
ISBN13: 9781432779405
Genre: FICTION / Psychological

Author Information...

Pearlie WoodPearlie Ramrattan-Wood,B.S.N., R.N.,was born and raised in Guyana, South America where she worked as a teacher before emigrating to the United States. She has been living in the Midwest for the past forty-years. Pearlie is a retired Registered Nurse and also a certified High School Biology teacher. For more than twenty-five years, she has practiced her skills as a caring, compassionate nurse and educator, working in high schools and hospitals, and providing, advocating and liaising for mental health clients living in the community. It is her opinion that we can tell a great deal about a society based on the way it treats and cares for those who are mentally ill. She firmly believes that people who suffer from mental illness have a right to the best possible treatment to enable them to function optimally in society.
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