Laura Krughoff
Autore di My Brother's Name: A Novel
Sull'Autore
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Opere di Laura Krughoff
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Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- female
- Luogo di residenza
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Istruzione
- Loyola University, Chicago (BA)
University of Michigan (MFA)
University of Illinois, Chicago (PhD) - Attività lavorative
- English professor, University of Puget Sound
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 3
- Utenti
- 19
- Popolarità
- #609,294
- Voto
- 4.7
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 4
The depiction of paranoid schizophrenia in this book is very sad, and very scary, and pretty real. There is an overwhelming sense of futility throughout this story. What can you do when your son and brother has been taken over by mental illness, except love him? But love doesn't make things better either, so you either have to be sad for the rest of your life or go crazy yourself. John's parents do the former, his sister does the latter, and it's beautiful and heartbreaking.… (altro)