Bibliograph

Out came the sun, overcoming the legacy of mental illness, addiction, and suicide in my family, Mariel Hemingway with Ben Greenman

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Out came the sun, overcoming the legacy of mental illness, addiction, and suicide in my family, Mariel Hemingway with Ben Greenman

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

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platesillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Out came the sun

Oclc number

892041565

Responsibility statement

Mariel Hemingway with Ben Greenman

Sub title

overcoming the legacy of mental illness, addiction, and suicide in my family

Summary

Born just a few months after her grandfather, Ernest Hemingway, shot himself, it was Mariel Hemingway's mission as a girl to escape the desperate cycles of severe mental health issues that had plagued generations of her family. Surrounded by alcoholism, depression, suicide, schizophrenia, and cancer, it was all the young Mariel could do to keep her head. In a compassionate voice she reveals her painful struggle to stay sane, and how she coped with the chaos by becoming OCD and obsessive about her food, schedule, and organization. The twisted legacy of her family has never quite let go of Mariel, but now in this memoir she opens up about her claustrophobic marriage, her acting career, and turning to spiritual healers and charlatans for solace. Ultimately Mariel has written a story of triumph about learning to overcome her family’s demons and developing love and deep compassion for them.

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