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Resilience : two sisters and a story of mental illness / Jessie Close with Pete Earley.

Close, Jessie, (author.). Earley, Pete, (author.).

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"When the Close sisters were very young, their parents joined a cult called the MRA, or Moral Rearmament. The family was suddenly uprooted to a cult school in Switzerland and, ultimately, to the Belgian Congo ... Shortly after the girls returned to the US for boarding school, Jessie first started to exhibit symptoms of severe bipolar disorder, ... [embarking] on a series of destructive marriages as the condition worsened. Glenn was always by her side, going so far as to adopt Jessie's daughter when Jessie was abandoned by the child's father ... Fifteen years and twelve years of sobriety later, Jessie is a stable and productive member of society. Glenn continues to be the major support in Jessie's life"--Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781455548828
  • ISBN: 1455548820
  • ISBN: 9781455548804
  • ISBN: 1455548804
  • Physical Description: 306 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2015.

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Formatted Contents Note:
Part 1 Not Your Normal Childhood 9 -- Vignette Number One by Glenn Close 49 -- Vignette Number Two by Glenn Close 94 -- Part 2 Husbands and Others 109 -- Vignette Number Three by Glenn Close 155 -- Part 3 Montana April, A Fetal-Position Month 243 -- Part 4 Monster Within Me 303 -- Part 5 Finding Myself 379.

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Close, Jessie.
Close, Glenn, 1947-
Mentally ill > Family relationships.
Sisters.
Bipolar disorder.
Psychoses.

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