FROM WITHIN: A Collection of Poems and Prose from the Depths of Mental Illness

From Within is a poignant discovery of one’s self and the struggle to reclaim one’s own integrity instead of surrendering to the demands of an illness that consumes one’s soul. The journey is raw both in its devastating cruelty and beauty it brings to the author. Thanks, I would like to thank some very special people without whom I would never have finished this book. Thanks to Rachelle for her neverending patience and compassion. Her tolerance and literary skills were limitless. Thank you to my daughters for giving me something to live for as well as my parents for taking this journey with me. And, thank you to my father for instilling in me very young the treasure of books. Jen