Review: Stalking Irish Madness: Searching for the Roots of My Family's Schizophrenia
User Review - Cari - GoodreadsStalking Irish Madness is a good read, one that at times is incredibly gripping, but it falls short of the excellence it could have achieved. The family history is deftly handled, emotional without ... Read full review
Review: Stalking Irish Madness: Searching for the Roots of My Family's Schizophrenia
User Review - Kristine Kucera - GoodreadsI really wanted to like this book more than I did. The beginning really set the tone, the middle was a lot of nothing, and the end was neat and orderly. It seemed like a lot of set-up for no return. I ... Read full review
Review: Stalking Irish Madness: Searching for the Roots of My Family's Schizophrenia
User Review - Becky - GoodreadsA book that combines family history research and mental illness should be the perfect book for me, but I found this boring. I can't explain why, but I was so disappointed. There is an art to writing ... Read full review
Review: Stalking Irish Madness: Searching for the Roots of My Family's Schizophrenia
User Review - Christine Bowles - Goodreads"God doesn,'t save you from drowning just to kick you to death on the beach." Such an amazing book! The first part was a little hard to take as he went through everything his family had been through ... Read full review
Review: Stalking Irish Madness: Searching for the Roots of My Family's Schizophrenia
User Review - Emily - GoodreadsThe author's family has suffered with schizophrenia for generations (two of his sisters have it) and he wonders whether it is really partly the result of his Irish heritage as his mother claimed. A ... Read full review
Review: Stalking Irish Madness: Searching for the Roots of My Family's Schizophrenia
User Review - Felicity Green - GoodreadsAbsorbing, kind of depressing memoir. Keep in mind that I myself am an Irish American from a family with a history of bipolar disorder, so it was really, really gripping for me. Phew. A million miles from my usual escapist fare and worth the journey. Read full review
Review: Stalking Irish Madness: Searching for the Roots of My Family's Schizophrenia
User Review - Marianne Meyers - GoodreadsI couldn't put this book down for the first part of it, his Irish-American family's plight with schizophrenia, heartbreaking. Then the author as an adult goes on his own journey to Ireland, to figure ... Read full review
Review: Stalking Irish Madness: Searching for the Roots of My Family's Schizophrenia
User Review - Joann - GoodreadsInteresting to me as I am a former mental health nurse. I am also going to Ireland so interested in the names and sites. Lots of info about schizophrenia. Read full review
Review: Stalking Irish Madness: Searching for the Roots of My Family's Schizophrenia
User Review - Brisbride13 - GoodreadsI bit disappointing in the sense that he didnt really discover much in the way of tracing his family back to the original "mad mary" but having personal experience with the disease and being Irish..very interesting work. Read full review
Review: Stalking Irish Madness: Searching for the Roots of My Family's Schizophrenia
User Review - Leabelle - GoodreadsAfter leaving the nest, two of the author's sisters return home with schizophrenia. The author travels to Ireland in search of the family history of the disease and along the way comes face to face ... Read full review
