children of parents with mental disabilities

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children of parents with mental disabilities

The orphans of Davenport

eugenics, the Great Depression, and the war over children's intelligence
2021
"The fascinating--and eerily timely--tale of the forgotten Depression-era psychologists who launched the modern science of childhood development"--Amazon.

Swallow the ocean

a memoir
A memoir in which Laura Flynn recalls her childhood and the charmed life she enjoyed with her family, especially her free-spirited, imaginative mother, and discusses how everything changed when her mother lost her grip on reality due to schizophrenia.
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Swallow the ocean

a memoir
2008
The author's memoir of growing up with a schizophrenic mother.
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