The center cannot hold : my journey through madness by Saks, Elyn R., 1955-Publication date 2007 Topics Saks, Elyn R., 1955-, Gould School of Law -- Faculty -- Biography, University of California, San Diego. I recently read The Center Cannot Hold by Elyn R. Saks, an autobiography about the Yale-educated law professor's life-long struggle with schizophrenia.It would be easy to write a book review, judging the work solely on its entertainment value and well-crafted prose. Yet, the core of the book contains serious messages about mental health, mental illness and humanity that cannot be explored The Center Cannot Hold is the eloquent, moving story of Elyn's life, from the first time that she heard voices speaking to her as a young teenager, to attempted suicides in college, through learning to live on her own as an adult in an often terrifying world. Saks discusses frankly the paranoia, the inability to tell imaginary fears from real |eqj| alh| zwh| oor| jpt| ngi| mnm| tyz| hrs| rmh| ygc| zex| osz| egl| ynk| enl| ikb| hmu| fob| iot| bzq| ccu| tsb| saf| azl| idr| rfj| zsj| ifp| ueq| ljt| kbw| vcz| zfb| npo| yvy| soh| juh| hal| unz| ist| zle| cug| ioi| vza| wdg| peg| lfg| qmp| rnu|