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Farrago: A Memoir Of Markie And Me

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Language: English Topic: Women, Personal Memoirs, General Publication Year: 2013 Author: Diana B. Roberts Item Weight: 10.1 Oz Item Height: 0.4 in height: 0.4 in Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated Book Title: Farrago : a Memoir of Markie and Me Format: Trade Paperback Number of Pages: 190 Pages Genre: Biography & Autobiography Item Width: 6 in Item Length: 9 in width: 6 in ISBN: 9781475985733

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Farrago: A Memoir Of Markie And Me. Number of Pages: 190. Author: Roberts, Diana B. (Author). Weight: 0.63 lbs. Publication Date: 2013-04-22. Publisher: AUTHORHOUSE. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: Farrago: A Memoir Of Markie And Me ISBN13: 9781475985733 ISBN10: 1475985738 Author: Roberts, Diana B. (Author) Description: Farrago, From The Latin Farragin, Is A Word That Means A Confused Mixture This Memoir, Sharing The Story Of The Relationship Between Author Diana B Roberts And Her Mother, Markie, Is Just That-A Farrago, Containing Neither Positive Nor Negative Judgment Markie Byron Roberts Was Eighty-Five Years Old When She Passed Away-A Long Life For Anyone, But Particularly For A Woman Who'd Been Institutionalized For Mental Illness Six Times, Beginning At Age Sixteen, And Who Had Been Unwillingly Subjected To Thirty-Six Shock Therapy Treatments Through Mental And Physical Illness, On Her Death Bed And Throughout Her Life, She Maintained A Personal Sense Of Style Reminiscent Of Her Long Bygone Life In The End She Went Quietly, Politely, And Silently To The Other Side, Leaving Her Children To Wonder What Her Life, And Their Lives, Might Have Been Like If She Had Been With Them All Along A Victim Of Mental Illness And The Wounding Loss Of Her Family's Place In Society, Markie Became Incapable Of Raising Her Three Children For Many Years The Lingering Effects Of The Brief Years She Spent With Markie Created Shadow Over Diana's Life, A Kind Of Aura Of Both The Presence And Absence Of Her Mother Finally Healed After A Lifetime Of Uncertainty And Ready To Help Shed Light On The Needs Of Survivors Of Parental Mental Illness, Author Diana B Roberts Details Life With And Without-Her Mother This Is Their Story Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: AUTHORHOUSE Publication Date: 2013-04-22 Weight: 0.63 lbs Dimensions: 0.44'' H x 9'' L x 6'' W Number of Pages: 190 Language: English

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