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Committed (A Memoir of Madness in the Family)

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  • Product Details

    Author:
    Paolina Milana
    Format:
    Paperback
    Pages:
    312
    Publisher:
    She Writes Press (May 4, 2021)
    Language:
    English
    Audience:
    General/trade
    ISBN-13:
    9781647420420
    ISBN-10:
    1647420423
    Dimensions:
    5.5" x 8.5" x 1"
    File:
    Eloquence-SimonSchuster_04022026_P9912986_onix30_Complete-20260402.xml
    Folder:
    Eloquence
    List Price:
    $16.95
    Pub Discount:
    65
    Case Pack:
    32
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    $13.05
    Publisher Identifier:
    P-SS
    Discount Code:
    A
    Weight:
    14.4oz
    Imprint:
    She Writes Press
  • Overview

    After a decade of caring for crazy and keeping her mother’s mental illness a secret from the outside world, twenty-year-old Paolina Milana longs for just one year free from the madness of her home. When she gets the chance to go to an out-of-state school, she takes it, but her family won’t leave her be. Letter after letter arrives, constantly reminding her of the insanity rooted in her family tree. Even worse, the voices in her own head whisper words she’s not sure are normal. “Please don’t make me be like Mamma,” she prays to a God she’s not sure is listening.

    The unexpected death of her father soon after she returns home leaves Paolina in shock—and in charge of her paranoid schizophrenic mother. But it isn’t until she is twenty-seven and her sister two years her junior explodes in a psychotic episode and, just like Mamma, is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and must be committed, that Paolina descends into her own despair, nearly losing herself to the darkness.

    Poignant and impactful, Committed is one woman’s story of resilience as she struggles to stay sane despite the madness that surrounds her.