I thought I gave feed back on this but I guess not…
This book is amazing! From a mother of a special needs daughter , and son… I related to this book. Advocating for your son is crucial. You have to be his voice when he doesn’t know how to express and ask for what he needs. Changing laws on the other hand Wow is all I can say! You are so so brave!

This book gave me all the feels, anger, sadness and I did cry! I kept thinking to myself what would I have done if that was my son…
I really loved this book I don’t know how I can even rate it … more then 5 stars!

This book details a mother's courageous fight for her son after he is diagnosed with a serious, life long mental illness. This story tugs at your heart strings. You can feel the mother's fear for her son shining through the story. It is so hard to imagine everything that the entire family has endured throughout the years. This story draws you in as you continue to view the author's experiences as a a mother of a mentally ill adult. The hopelessness at the system does shine through at some points. As the reader, this book encourages you to be more compassionate toward adults with mental illness. At times, this book is heart breaking, but happy, encouraging moments are also shared. I learned so much from this story about the health system and methods for dealing with mentally ill adult aged individuals. I would recommend this book to any family in a similar situation.

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This book shows what a rollercoaster ride the mental health system can be and how important it is for people to have advocates when they need them most. The amount of effort the author put into legislation of legal issues is amazing. Having personal experiences with those that are coping with mental illness must have been this task much more meaningful and important. Her son is very fortunate to have her as a mom.

I really enjoyed this memoir by a Minnesota lawmaker whose son has schizophrenia and substance abuse disorder. It highlights how important quality care is when not in the hospital and how detrimental lack there of is.