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Half in love surviving the legacy of suicide, a memoir

Reveals how, as the daughter of the poet Anne Sexton, the author comes to deal with her mother's life and suicide, and with the support of her family, therapy, and medication, is able to control her biploar disorder and her own suicidal tendencies.

Main Author: Sexton, Linda Gray, 1953-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, 2011.
Subjects:
Sexton, Linda Gray, > 1953-
Sexton, Anne, > 1928-1974 > Influence.
Depressed persons > Biography.
Children of suicide victims > Biography.
Suicide > Psychological aspects > Case studies.
Suicide victims > Family relationships > Case studies.
Poets, American > Family relationships.
Mothers and daughters > Case studies.
Summary: Reveals how, as the daughter of the poet Anne Sexton, the author comes to deal with her mother's life and suicide, and with the support of her family, therapy, and medication, is able to control her biploar disorder and her own suicidal tendencies.
Physical Description: xiii, 320 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9781582437187
1582437181
Author Notes: Linda Gray Sexton is the daughter of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Anne Sexton. She has written four novels, and her second memoir, Half in Love , was published by Counterpoint in January 2011. She lives in California.

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