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In 1994, Fig looks back on her life and relates her experiences, from age six to nineteen, as she desperately tries to save her mother from schizophrenia while her own mental health and relationships deteriorate.

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Main Author:	Schantz, Sarah Elizabeth (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2015]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Schizophrenia > Young adult fiction. Mental illness > Young adult fiction. Mothers and daughters > Young adult fiction. Self-destructive behavior > Young adult fiction. Schools > Young adult fiction. Families > Kansas > Young adult fiction. Farm life > Kansas > Young adult fiction. Kansas > History > 20th century > Young adult fiction.
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Summary:	In 1994, Fig looks back on her life and relates her experiences, from age six to nineteen, as she desperately tries to save her mother from schizophrenia while her own mental health and relationships deteriorate.
Physical Description:	346 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781481423588 (hbk.) 1481423584 (hbk.)
Author Notes:	Sarah Elizabeth Schantz grew up in a bookstore named The Rue Morgue--one of the first mystery bookstores in the US. She is an accomplished short-storyist, with many awards under her belt. Schantz holds an MFA in Writing & Poetics from Naropa University. She currently lives with her family in an old farmhouse on the outskirts of Boulder, Colorado, where they are surrounded by open sky, century-old cottonwoods, coyote, and screech owls. Fig is her first novel.