{"title":"Diana Dirkby","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-overlife-a-tale-of-schizophrenia-paperback","title":"The Overlife: A Tale of Schizophrenia - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of this book, Diana Dirkby, is an Australian-born research\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emathematician who lives with paranoid schizophrenia, a severe brain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edisorder, as did her mother. The title, \"The Overlife,\" suggests that a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ediagnosis of schizophrenia can be the beginning of a new, worthwhile life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand not simply the death of the hopes and dreams that preceded the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ediagnosis. This book gives a fictional account of a mother and daughter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eliving with paranoid schizophrenia. We follow the widely disparate effects of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis brain disorder on Sarah, the narrator, and her mother, Jodie. We also\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emeet Dalaigh, Jodie's husband and Sarah's father, with his violent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eresentment at being trapped in a marriage he doesn't want. By age eight, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah is Jodie's caregiver and must negotiate her mother's rapidly worsening\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emental health and her father's white-hot fury. The weight of these adult\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econflicts on the shoulders of one so young seems impossible to bear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104824627423,"sku":"9781916852198","price":50.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/DUR64pS8-G9781916852198.webp?v=1781111395"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/diana-dirkby.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}