The Sun Can Shine Again: A Journey Through Heartache

By Orrie Snyder

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579210066
• ISBN13: 9781579210069
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Winepress Pub
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A diary of a mother's heartache

The author's son, Frank, at the age of 23 is diagnosed as having bipolar disorder, manic, with psychosis. Previous to this diagnosis, the young man had served a commended tour of duty in the US Navy and had been honorably discharged. The heart wrenching story culminates with Frank committing suicide while incarcerated. This real life account sheds light on some of the failings in the medical / mental treatment provided inmates. More importantly, it offers a view of a mental condition little understood by most. A reader will glimpse the frustration and confusion that an individual who suffers bipolar disorder experiences and the helplessness felt by family and friends.This is a well written personal story. The author includes in the final section of the book several poems written by her son during his final months, a copy of some medical records and a helpful list of reference materials and support groups.

EXCELLENT

Words can not do this book justice. This is a very spiritually touching book. Orrie gave parts of herself to this book that I can't express or possibly even locate in myself. I felt like I was there with Orrie in the visiting room with Frankie. There is so much helpful information in this book for the public, correctional officers, those incarcerated, the courts, attorneys, and those afflicted with manic-depressive illness and their family members. Even though I knew from the beginning of the book that Frankie was going to committ suicide, I still cried when Orrie got the call. I too have manic-depressive illness and have distorted spirituality the way Frankie did in the book. It is so good that Frankie had a devoted mother like Orrie. I am also a correctional officer and just as Orrie said, "Prison is no place for a gently spirit". I also admire Orrie for letting go and letting God. Her and Frankies faith was truely inspirational to me. Thank you so much for sharing Orrie. You are my sister in Christ and one day I will see you and Frankie in paradise!

A Grief Literature Classic. Review by Edward Bader.

This remarkable book is an account of a devoted mother's effort--tragically unsuccessful--to rescue her sick son Frank from despair. Frank's illness, manic-depression bi-polar disorder, resulted not in hospitalization, but in incarceration--the justification of which was problematic. The adversities forced upon Frank included, but were not limited to, receiving callous indifference from both the legal and medical professions. Perheps the supreme irony of Frank's idealistic life was that, though he wanted to save the entire world, he was unable to save himself. After the loss of Frank, his mother could have succumbed to bitterness. But she did not. This compelling book is destined to become a classic in grief literature. If you can read this book and not week, you are not human.