• Deborah Kasdan Releases The Book Rollback The World A Sisters Memior

  • Oct 16 2023
  • Length: 11 mins
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Deborah Kasdan Releases The Book Rollback The World A Sisters Memior

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  • Few memoirs fully depict an entire family’s experience when one member suffers from severe and chronic mental illness. Debut author Deborah Kasdan accomplishes just that in ROLL BACK THE WORLD: A Sister’s Memoir. Threaded throughout this love letter to her older sister are stories of four siblings and their parents. Each one walks a tightrope between self-care and deep concern for Rachel, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of twenty-five. It takes thirty years and numerous admissions to five psychiatric hospitals before a compassionate social worker finally catches a glimpse of the poet inside her and discovers a way to assist her in living on her own. As the second sibling, the author, Deborah Kasdan, struggled for decades with painful emotions of grief, shame, and survivor's guilt before deciding to share her story, and her family's. Delving into her parents' lives, she traces the emotional impact of significant historical events such as World War II and the Cold War on Rachel's childhood. She illustrates how each family member responded to Rachel's psychiatric crisis and its devastating aftermath based on their own individual histories. Kasdan's memoir provides detailed accounts of how personal and legal battles with the mental health system exacerbated distress and conflict within the family, hindering their efforts to support Rachel. Given the magnitude of the current crisis—with government estimates stating that fourteen million adults had serious mental illness in 2021—it becomes evident how loving families can become a tragically wasted resource.

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