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An excellent review of After Her Brain Broke in the Tyee

2 years ago

See http://thetyee.ca/Books/2010/03/05/AfterHerBrainBroke/

Susan Inman's memoir is a must read for any family faced with schizophrenia, and for our health system, too. view post

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Canadian Humourist Compared to Garrison Keillor
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Review of Schizophrenia: Medicine's Mystery - Society's Shame
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Marvin Ross

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I'm living in: Dundas, Ont
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Over the years I have written 12 books. My current book is Schizophrenia: Medicine's Mystery - Society's Shame which is distributed by Ingram books. The book has been recommended by the World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders and received an excellent review in the Fall issue of the magazine Schizophrenia Digest. You can read about me and the books I publish at http://www.bridgeross.com
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I am now a publisher as well and have 4 book and more to come in 2009. In addition to my book on schizophrenia, I am now the publisher for the works of Canadian David Laing Dawson. His latest mystery set in Hamilton is Slide in All Direction. I have also released in trade paper his novel The Intern. For a slightly lighter touch, I recently released The Dysfunctional Father's Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and Babies. You can read about them on my website at http://www.bridgeross.com/Publishing.html
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I am particularly interested in helping to destigmatize mental illness and run a site http://www.cuttingforstone.com with a psychiatrist

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Heather Reisman says:

Thanks so much for sending this along.
What is your latest read?
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Peachy TO says:

Glad to know you, Marvin. The titles you have mentioned sound very interesting, I will definitely take a look at them. I wish you all the best with your book launch.
Lorina Stephens/Five Rivers says:

Added you to the CDN_POD group. There isn't much activity there. I seem to be talking to myself.
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Hi Marvin, hope you're having a great day!

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