mental health

Secrets. Silence. Standing Alone. Author: Paolina Milana S stands for secrets. For silence. For sin. For schizophrenia. For sinister. For standing alone. In this memoir, Paolina Milana documents her childhood and teen years, growing up in a chaotic family, dedicated to taking care of Paolina’s increasingly schizophrenic and often violent mother. The father of the family is overwhelmed, and after a brief adventure with the unhelpful medical system – even bringing the police into the ruse to institutionalize Paolina’s mother – the family caves to fear and secrecy. They are on their own, shunned, struggling, trying to keep a secret that [...]