Description
2022 Human Relations Mental Health Awareness Book of the Year
In The Mike File, Stephen Trimble grapples with his brother's heartrending life and death and looks behind doors he's barricaded in himself.
In 1957, when "Stevie" was six and Mike 14, psychosis overwhelmed Mike. He never lived at home again and died alone in a Denver boarding home at 33. Journalists used Mike's death to expose these "ratholes" warehousing people with mental illness.
Detective story, social history, journey of self-discovery, and compassionate and unsparing memorial to a family and a forgotten life, The Mike File will move every reader with a relative or friend touched by psychiatric illness or disability.
Product Details
| Publisher | Little Bound Books |
| Publish Date | September 28, 2021 |
| Pages | 180 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781953340221 |
| Dimensions | 5.8 X 3.9 X 0.5 inches | 0.1 pounds |
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Reviews
--Mad in America
"Intimate tales are windows into universal truths, and this one is ...searing and powerful."
-Mad in America
"The Mike File is insightful, heartfelt, and unforgettable--a love letter to his family and a somber contemplation of what might have been." -Robert Kolker, author of Hidden Valley Road
"The Mike File is insightful, heartfelt, and unforgettable-a love letter to his family and a somber contemplation of what might have been." -Robert Kolker, author of Hidden Valley Road
"Trimble adds a new voice of eloquent witness to the growing literature of severe mental illness. With restrained grief and unrestrained remembrance, he reclaims in words his lost, loved, and loving brother. He reminds us that the mad among us are human--and in many ways versions of ourselves." -Ron Powers, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of No One Cares About Crazy People
"Trimble adds a new voice of eloquent witness to the growing literature of severe mental illness. With restrained grief and unrestrained remembrance, he reclaims in words his lost, loved, and loving brother. He reminds us that the mad among us are human-and in many ways versions of ourselves." -Ron Powers, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of No One Cares About Crazy People
"The only one way to compose an authentically inclusive and connected world is to first imagine it. Trimble does so specifically. This book is an unflinching witness as well a resounding call to our collective responsibility."-Nan Seymour, Founder of River Writing
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