The Resource Like crazy : life with my mother and her invisible friends, Dan Mathews
Like crazy : life with my mother and her invisible friends, Dan Mathews
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The item Like crazy : life with my mother and her invisible friends, Dan Mathews represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library.
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- Summary
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- A memoir of a mother and son's journey of self-discovery, the mother's diagnosis of schizophrenia, and the ragtag community that rallied to help them when they needed it most--
- "Dan Mathews knew that his eccentric mother, Perry Lawrence, was outspoken, foul-mouthed, and, at seventy-nine years old, unable to maintain her fiercely independent lifestyle--so he flew her across the country (with a gay man as her escort) to live with him in a dilapidated Victorian townhouse in Portsmouth, Virginia. What he didn't know was that she was schizophrenic. Over the next five years, Dan and Perry built a rollicking life together fueled by costume parties, experiments in drug use, and an unshakeable sense of humor as they faced down illness, natural disasters, and Perry's steady decline. With the help of an ever-expanding circle of friends--boyfriends new and old, strippers, DJs, gun nuts, Evangelical Christians, and everyone in between--they flipped the parent-child relationship on its head, with the globe-trotting animal rights activist finally learning to slow down and care for the woman who raised him. But it wasn't until after a kicking-and-screaming trip to the emergency room that Dan discovered that his mother's lifelong tendency to go it alone wasn't just a manifestation of her free spirit but was actually the inescapable element of a serious and undiagnosed disorder. Witty, emotionally powerful, and deeply moving, Like Crazy is a warm and engrossing memoir about mental illness, reinvention, and the remarkable power of community"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 244 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501199981
- Label
- Like crazy : life with my mother and her invisible friends
- Title
- Like crazy
- Title remainder
- life with my mother and her invisible friends
- Statement of responsibility
- Dan Mathews
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- A memoir of a mother and son's journey of self-discovery, the mother's diagnosis of schizophrenia, and the ragtag community that rallied to help them when they needed it most--
- "Dan Mathews knew that his eccentric mother, Perry Lawrence, was outspoken, foul-mouthed, and, at seventy-nine years old, unable to maintain her fiercely independent lifestyle--so he flew her across the country (with a gay man as her escort) to live with him in a dilapidated Victorian townhouse in Portsmouth, Virginia. What he didn't know was that she was schizophrenic. Over the next five years, Dan and Perry built a rollicking life together fueled by costume parties, experiments in drug use, and an unshakeable sense of humor as they faced down illness, natural disasters, and Perry's steady decline. With the help of an ever-expanding circle of friends--boyfriends new and old, strippers, DJs, gun nuts, Evangelical Christians, and everyone in between--they flipped the parent-child relationship on its head, with the globe-trotting animal rights activist finally learning to slow down and care for the woman who raised him. But it wasn't until after a kicking-and-screaming trip to the emergency room that Dan discovered that his mother's lifelong tendency to go it alone wasn't just a manifestation of her free spirit but was actually the inescapable element of a serious and undiagnosed disorder. Witty, emotionally powerful, and deeply moving, Like Crazy is a warm and engrossing memoir about mental illness, reinvention, and the remarkable power of community"--
- Assigning source
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- Adapted from dust jacket flap
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mathews, Dan
- Dewey number
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- 616.89/80092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- RC514.M368
- LC item number
- A3 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mathews, Dan
- Mathews, Perry Lawrence
- Schizophrenics
- Schizophrenics
- Mothers and sons
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Like crazy : life with my mother and her invisible friends, Dan Mathews
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 244 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501199981
- Lccn
- 2020000509
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)1179144370
- (OCoLC)on1179144370
- 2567888
- Label
- Like crazy : life with my mother and her invisible friends, Dan Mathews
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 244 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501199981
- Lccn
- 2020000509
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1179144370
- (OCoLC)on1179144370
- 2567888
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