We humans are different - our brains are built not to fix memories in stone but rather to transform them, our recollections in their retelling.
We children of schizophrenics are the great secret keepers, the ones who don't want you to think that anything is wrong. - Mira Bartok
We children of schizophrenics are the great secret keepers, the ones who don't want you to think that anything is wrong.
- Mira Bartok
We humans are different - our brains are built not to fix memories in stone but rather to transform them, our recollections in their retelling. - Mira Bartok
I felt held hostage by her illness and by the backward mental health system that once again was incapable of helping our family in crisis. - Mira Bartok
I felt held hostage by her illness and by the backward mental health system that once again was incapable of helping our family in crisis.
My dog, Ginger, is jumpy-like me-sensitive to sound and sudden movement. She wasn't that way at first, but not long after we got her, my grandfather … - Mira Bartok
My dog, Ginger, is jumpy-like me-sensitive to sound and sudden movement. She wasn't that way at first, but not long after we got her, my grandfather …
Candid and searing, Deborah Jiang Stein’s memoir is a remarkable story about identity, lost and found, and about the author’s journey to reclaim—and … - Mira Bartok
Candid and searing, Deborah Jiang Stein’s memoir is a remarkable story about identity, lost and found, and about the author’s journey to reclaim—and …
Children of the mentally ill learn early on how not to be a bother, especially if they grew up with neglect. As my sister insisted once, when she was… - Mira Bartok
Children of the mentally ill learn early on how not to be a bother, especially if they grew up with neglect. As my sister insisted once, when she was…
Who am I, then, if my memory is impaired? - Mira Bartok
Who am I, then, if my memory is impaired?
Cheryl Strayed reminds us, in her lyrical and courageous memoir Wild, of what it means to be fully alive, even in the face of catastrophe, physical a… - Mira Bartok
Cheryl Strayed reminds us, in her lyrical and courageous memoir Wild, of what it means to be fully alive, even in the face of catastrophe, physical a…
Eloquent and moving... an extraordinary testament to the enduring power of love - beyond faith and dogma. It reminds us of why we are here: to love a… - Mira Bartok
Eloquent and moving... an extraordinary testament to the enduring power of love - beyond faith and dogma. It reminds us of why we are here: to love a…
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