Displaying 1 of 1 2011 Format: Book Author: Sexton, Linda Gray, 1953- Title: Half in love : surviving the legacy of suicide, a memoir / Linda Gray Sexton. Publisher, Date: Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2011. Description: xiii, 320 p. ; 24 cm. Summary: Reveals how, as the daughter of the poet Anne Sexton, the author comes to deal with her mother's life and suicide, and with the support of her family, therapy, and medication, is able to control her biploar disorder and her own suicidal tendencies. Subjects: Sexton, Linda Gray, 1953- Sexton, Anne, 1928-1974 -- Family. Sexton, Linda Gray, 1953- -- Mental health. Sexton, Anne, 1928-1974 -- Influence. Depressed persons -- United States -- Biography. Children of suicide victims -- United States -- Biography. Suicide -- Psychological aspects -- Case studies. Suicide victims -- Family relationships -- United States -- Case studies. Poets, American -- Family relationships. Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Case studies. Contents: A terrible act -- Voices -- My mother's legacies -- Up and down -- Free fall -- Stories about the nut house -- Marriage and motherhood -- California -- In the lunatic factory -- The door -- Never be a suicide -- A cool distance -- Pretty red stripes -- Round two -- The door, part 2 -- In the land of the bed -- Contours and excavations -- A new voice -- Gifts of love -- Sailing free -- The women of my life -- Lucky loves -- Hope. ISBN: 9781582437187 1582437181 Other Number: 641521561 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 285534 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: BIO Sexton Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
