Description:
The Break is Steve Lansky's harrowing and comic account of his descent into madness after he changed the medication he took to keep his schizophrenia in check.
Review Quotes:
"This memoir, raw with sheer narrative power and brutally and searingly honest, will break your heart, I suspect, as it broke mine. So much struggle, so much hope and despair, so much love, so much life. . . . Life, life. The choices and sacrifices we make to endure it.
Read this book, reader."
-Mikhail Iossel, author of Love Like Water, Love Like Fire
"In The Break, Steven Lansky takes us on yet another wild literary ride. Incisively self-reflective and told with skill, charm, and brutal honesty, it's a work quite unlike any other that I'm aware of in the literature of mental health."
-Jeff Parker, author of Ovenman
"There is a great peace emanating from Steve Lansky's pages. With patience and a craftsman's care he gently leads us through worlds of pain and puzzlement."
-Arthur Allen, author of Vaccine
"Sharing our stories is how we get better, as well as fighting ignorance and stigma. We need more narrative accounts like Steve's."
-Mark Vonnegut, author of The Eden Express