“Sardy’s book was a revelation .… Deeply moving .… This book changed how I thought about schizophrenia in a way first-person accounts couldn’t do.”
— Electric Literature
“Beautiful and tragic” — The Wall Street Journal
“Sardy delivers an extraordinarily ambitious and accomplished narrative … illuminating mental illness from the inside out … An impressive debut.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred)
“Beautifully prismatic” — NPR
“A powerful examination of intergenerational mental illness, an incisive criticism of the treatment of mentally ill in society and in the healthcare system, and a poignant
ode to love and family.” — Bustle
“Intelligent, deeply felt, and beautifully written” — Anchorage Daily News
“With an expert hand, Sardy breathes life and urgency into her simultaneously intimate and expansive telling of how the echoes of mental illness have reverberated through a family.”
— BuzzFeed
“Remarkable and powerful” — Shondaland
“A beautiful and heart-wrenching account of what it means to love someone living with a mental illness you can never fully understand.” — Book Riot
“By ignoring traditional narrative structure, jumping back and forward in time, subject and thought, Sardy skillfully reflects the ‘narrative crisis’ that occurs in people with
mental illness.” — The New York Times Book Review
“An essential addition to the sub-genre of mental health memoirs.”
— HelloGiggles
“Sardy…forces readers to consider mental illness more familiarly: What if your brother, or your mother, was psychotic? Odds are, you’d think differently about how our society addresses—or fails to address—mental health.” — Outside
“Should be required reading for mental health professionals.” — Library Journal
“A deeply compassionate book about what it means to love someone who is mentally ill — about how hard it is to truly understand another person’s mind and the importance of continuing to try.” — UnDark