Finding Dad, Paranoid Schizophrenia: An End to the Search (2)
“powerful and compelling … brilliantly written … bold and intriguing ... ... Sure to resonate with those who have experienced similar conditions firsthand… leaves a lasting impression on readers…. LaPera's writing is full of deep insight …. A striking memoir of mental illness and its devastating impact on families.”
—Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize
“replete with insights … a compelling memoir especially highly recommended.”
—D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
“as much a testament to resilience as it is a pointed critique of the American mental healthcare system ... exposes a bureaucracy that fails those it should protect. … a bittersweet
reflection on the endurance required to love someone lost within themselves.”
—BookLife Reviews
“strikes a perfect balance between powerful storytelling and deep empathy … stayed with me long after finishing the book … an
essential read … to understand the impact of severe mental illness on families and the power of persistent love.”
—K.C. Finn for Readers’ Favorite (5-Star Review)
FINDING DAD, Paranoid Schizophrenia: An End to the Search
Living on the streets with untreated severe mental illness that developed at the age of fifty-three, Joseph was all but forgotten by the world. His daughter, Amanda, had searched for years and still hoped to find him--she'd even registered her father in the National Database of Missing Persons. Her sister, brother, and stepmother had all given up or moved on.
Ten years have passed when a call from the Missing Persons division alerts Amanda that her dad is alive, though his location is unknown. Is he back in Chicago or in one of the thirty countries he’d roamed as a self-proclaimed Prophet of God?
Amanda's mission is clear: find him. Her motivation: unconditional love. She navigates a maze of medical bureaucracy and a tangle of relationships to discover that what she's been searching for is not all that she finds.
Finding Dad, Paranoid Schizophrenia: An End to the Search is the highly-anticipated sequel to Losing Dad, Paranoid Schizophrenia: A Family's Search for Hope. Book club discussion questions included.
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
“… compelling memoir especially highly recommended for readers facing their own impossible family journeys … replete with insights and progressive discoveries… will especially resonate with readers struggling with their own family member’s mental condition… Knowing her father’s fate is only half the battle.”
— D. Donovan, Sr. Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
“… deeply personal memoir… LaPera brings to life the raw emotions and challenges of searching for a loved one lost to mental illness with extraordinary grace and honesty…. an essential read for anyone seeking to understand the impact of severe mental illness on families and the power of persistent love, and I would certainly recommend it.”
—K.C. Finn for Readers’ Favorite (Five-Star Review)
FINDING DAD, Paranoid Schizophrenia: An End to the Search
by Amanda LaPera
(follow up book to LOSING DAD, Paranoid Schizophrenia: A Family's Search for Hope / standalone book)
Jacketed Hardcover: 978-0-9862471-6-3
$32 List Price
Paperback: 978-0-9862471-7-0
$20 List Price
eBook: 978-0-9862471-8-7
$5.99 List Price
Library of Congress Control Number: 2024948256
ASIN: B0DK4XGNSB
BISAC Codes:
• PSY022050 PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Schizophrenia
• BIO026000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
• HEA039140 DEMENTIA (HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Alzheimer's & Dementia)
Published by Adamo Press
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