Reviews for Broken Glass: A Family's Journey Through Mental Illness

The average rating for Broken Glass: A Family's Journey Through Mental Illness based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-03-20 00:00:00 Chris Batie an excellent read on mental illness This is my second reading on mental illness. Robert Hines gave me what I was looking for, an intimate view into a family dealing with schizophrenia. As the reader I find I have no room to make judgements on this family. For the life of me, I can't imagine living with this disease! And I am a 35 yr veteran of nursing. Based solely on his writings, I saw the Hines family as going above and beyond what many families would have or could have possibly tolerated. Sadly, I saw much evidence that Mr. Hines laid a lot of blame on himself. For example, he referred to a concept implying that unusually effective parenting can often minimize or fend off schizophrenia. I for one would love to see the research on that concept! and to counteract the theory of faulty genetics, he questions how do we explain the heavy predominance of winter and spring births of schizophrenics? At the very least there is a 50-50 chance of that happening! Mr Hines felt that the parent sees in any situation may likely be viewed by the child in a completely different light.. Well, that is true of virtually every childhood memory, regardless of mental illness. I guess my hope is that Mr. Hines learns to cut himself a hugh break. Based on this story that he's been brave enough to share, I think he was very likely an excellent dad. I hope this book was therapeutic for him. I certainly got what I was looking for in reading it. And finally, its a darn good read! I read it cover to cover in one sitting ... couldn't put it down.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-11-01 00:00:00 Michael Majewski 3 and 1/2 stars A father's description of dealing with the behaviour of their adult daughter's mental health issues from mid sixties onwards. Would have preferred more of the parents feelings to be revealed, felt it was a bit cautious in not describing the depth of emotions involved.