{"product_id":"family-illness-paperback","title":"Family Illness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eFamily Illness is a realistic fictional piece of work written to give mature readers a sense of what it is like for someone to grow up afflicted with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Steve, the main character, suffers as a child in the 1980s, growing up in a secular Jewish household. He has lots of physical and verbal tics while in school but lives in fear that his secret living with a mental illness in a hostile world will be revealed. As Steve grows up into a young adult, his illness plays tricks on him, making him question every moral aspect of his life. His fears intensify at the same time as he learns that a family member has OCD as well. This encourages Steve to fight back, but he wonders if he has lost too much of his life to the disease.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68286933532895,"sku":"9781647503482","price":12.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/7eFBJsxpGF9781647503482.webp?v=1792803124","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/family-illness-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}