Resilience : two sisters and a story of mental illness

Close, Jessie (author.). Earley, Pete, (author.).

Summary: "When the Close sisters were very young, their parents joined a cult called the MRA, or Moral Rearmament. The family was suddenly uprooted to a cult school in Switzerland and, ultimately, to the Belgian Congo ... Shortly after the girls returned to the US for boarding school, Jessie first started to exhibit symptoms of severe bipolar disorder ... [embarking] on a series of destructive marriages as the condition worsened. Glenn was always by her side, going so far as to adopt Jessie's daughter when Jessie was abandoned by the child's father ... Fifteen years and twelve years of sobriety later, Jessie is a stable and productive member of society. Glenn continues to be the major support in Jessie's life"--

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ISBN: 9781455548828
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Physical Description: print
306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition: January 2015.
Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2015.