Antonetta, Susanne

The author share her experiences as the adoptive mother of a Korean-born son, and how that relationship changed her relationship with her aging parents.

Susanne Antonetta draws on her own experience as a manic-depressive, as well as interviews with people with other neurological conditions, to explore what it means to live in the modern world while struggling with mental problems and illnesses.

The author recounts the seasons her family spent at their summer home in New Jersey's Pine Barrens when she was a child--and the health problems she suffered ever since due to the radiation and toxic waste released by the nearby nuclear power plant.