Half in Love : : Surviving the Legacy of Suicide, a Memoir
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A terrible act -- Voices -- My mother's legacies -- Up and down -- Freefall -- Stories about the nut house -- Marriage and motherhood -- California -- In the lunatic factory -- The door -- Never be a suicide -- A cool distance -- Pretty red stripes -- Round two -- The door, part 2 -- In the land of the bed -- Contours and excavations -- A new voice -- Gifts of love -- Sailing free -- The women of my life -- Lucky loves -- Hope.
Reveals how, as the daughter of the poet Anne Sexton, the author comes to deal with her mother's life and suicide, and with the support of her family, therapy, and medication, is able to control her biploar disorder and her own suicidal tendencies.
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PUBLISHED
Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: xiii, 320 p. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781582437187
1582437181
SUBJECTS
Sexton, Linda Gray, -- 1953-
Sexton, Anne, -- 1928-1974 -- Family.
Sexton, Linda Gray, -- 1953- -- Mental health.
Sexton, Anne, -- 1928-1974 -- Influence.
Depressed persons -- Biography.
Children of suicide victims -- Biography.
Suicide -- Psychological aspects -- Case studies.
Suicide victims -- Family relationships -- Case studies.
Poets, American -- Family relationships.
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Case studies.