Manic Love

An Unwanted Inheritance of Mental Illness

Virginia Hendricks, a beautiful country girl from Millry, Alabama, was swept off her feet at the age of 19 by a handsome and charming preacher’s kid. As they build a life around the military, Virginia is forced to test her unconditional love for Franklin as his genetic inheritance of bipolar disorder seeks to destroy their family. By God’s grace, they fight to persevere through tragedy, illness, despair, and heartbreak during a long battle with the ups and downs of manic love.

©2021 Brenda Webb Johnson (P)2021 Brenda Webb Johnson

A must read

I loved this book. It was very interesting to see how mental health was dealt with during this time in the black community and compare it to how it's dealt with now. The book was very well written and held my interest to the very end. This book will truly help people understand the challenges that are faced by families who have love one's with mental illness.

Not what you think

I loved this book. It was completely not what I thought. There was so much insight to mental illness and it showed up completely different than I imagined. Alot to ponder. Great book!!

Good read

Pretty good but wasn’t expecting the ending to be what I I thought it’d be.

Trying to keep her marriage vows

Not understanding mental illness, stigma associated with it and not knowing how to ask for help.