This memoir has it all, a family on the wrong side of history, a mother’s mental health issues, alcoholism, constant loss, death, relocating, and a vivid picture of the land.

If there was ever a book that describes the shame connected to sexual abuse and how it can destroy a man, this is the one.

The most disastrous family reunion in the history of fiction.

By some is considered one of the greatest books of all time, it is also very controversial. It has been banned or challenged in many schools throughout the United States, for its profanity and alcohol abuse but is still taught at many others as a classic.

A slightly surrealist story that describes a woman’s decline due to mental illness in a very poetic and beautiful way.

Excellent inside look at how and why the system often fails the mentally disturbed people it's suppose to be helping.