A Promise of Hope

by Autumn Stringam

Book Overview

Some children inherit the family nose. Autumn Stringam and her brother Joseph inherited the family bipolar disorder, a severe mental illness that led to their mother's and grandfather's suicides. Autumn, at 22, was psychotic and in in a psychiatric hospital on suicide watch; Joseph, at 15, was prone to violent episodes so terrifying the family feared for their lives. But after they began taking a nutritional supplement developed by their father...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 000200884X
• ISBN13: 9780002008846
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Collins
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

True insights, looking out, from the mind and body of a bipolar sufferer.

I thought it was a very easy to understand, personal experience of a woman afflicted, and living with someone who was bipolar as well, as the author shares her intimate experiences of living with her mother, as well as inhereting the disease herself. It was very insightful, honest and straightforward. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning more. It was an interesting story, as well as educational. It was hard to put down.