Writing a book on mental illness has never been an easy subject. Most people tend to shy away from reading stories that attempt a peek into the tortured minds struggling with depression, anxiety, bi-polar disorder, or many of its other insidious manifestations. This reluctance arises not on account of lack of compassion, but mainly because such stories are not optimistic or uplifting. Some of those who may have experienced mental illness in the family, view such narratives as a painful reminder of the impossibility of the situation, their own grief and anger, possibly guilt also, and their powerlessness to mitigate the lives of the people they love. Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett is the story of a couple, John and Margaret, and their three children Michael, Celia, and Alec. Quite early during their courtship Margaret becomes aware that John suffers from episodes where his mind goes blank that is how the doctor explains John’s situation to Margaret. When she informs the ...
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