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“"Few books nourish the psyche and stir the heart as much as My Brother'’s Madness"--”—David Unger
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My Brother's Madness
by Paul Pines
"One of the most moving, familial, shocking and, ultimately, healing tales."--E.M. Broner, author of A Weave of Women
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My Brother's Madness is a gripping personal saga of a family striving to cope with mental illness. It is based on the author's relationship to his brother who had a mental breakdown in his late 40's. The book explores the unfolding of the intertwined lives of the brothers. Circumstances lead one brother from juvenile crime on the streets of Brooklyn to war-torn Vietnam, to a fast-track life as a Hollywood publicist and to owning and operating one of New York's most legendary jazz clubs, The Tin Palace, while his sibling falls into, and fights his way back from, a delusional psychosis.
The fact that the humanity of the protagonist is never dwarfed by the illness, never reduced to a set of symptoms, gives a much needed perspective to the reality of a condition that is so often stereotyped.
My Brother's Madness is part thriller, part an exploration that not only describes the causes, character, and journey of mental illness, but also makes sense of it. It is ultimately a story of our own humanity, and answers the question, "Am I my brother's keeper?"
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