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Everything Is Fine

A Memoir

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Everything Is Fine

Written by: Vince Granata
Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
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Grief, mental illness, and the bonds of family are movingly explored in this extraordinary memoir “suffused with emotional depth and intellectual inquiry” (Rachel Louise Snyder, author of No Visible Bruises) as a writer delves into the tragedy of his mother’s violent death at the hands of his brother who struggled with schizophrenia. Perfect for fans of An Unquiet Mind and The Bright Hour.

Vince Granata remembers standing in front of his suburban home in Connecticut the day his mother and father returned from the hospital with his three new siblings in tow. He had just finished scrawling their names in red chalk on the driveway: Christopher, Timothy, and Elizabeth.

Twenty-three years later, Vince was a thousand miles away when he received the news that would change his life—Tim, propelled by unchecked schizophrenia, had killed their mother in their childhood home. Devastated by the grief of losing his mother, Vince is also consumed by an act so incomprehensible that it overshadows every happy memory of life growing up in his seemingly idyllic middle-class family.

“In candid, smoothly unspooling prose, Granata reconstructs life and memory from grief, writing a moving testament to the therapy of art, the power of record, and his immutable love for his family” (Booklist). Grief & Loss Mental Health Personal Development Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Health Memoir Physical Exercise Mental Illness
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I’m not so sure what to entitle this review suffice to say it was an experience and not simply a story - it was everything - but mostly it has the absolute heart and soul of - learning to live and breath again after an earth shattering loss. But I loved your mom
so much I feel I am your mom
As I too have identical twin sons who have and do experience psychotic episodes. And i know what it is to-live with overwhelming sadness for them and us as parents. This book made me cry a lot.

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Well written and well performed. What a touching story. An amazing insight into mental health.

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