Mental illness, seen through the eyes of a child

Swallow the Ocean
The cover of "Swallow the Ocean," by Laura Flynn.
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Author Laura Flynn writes of her at times luminous, at times agonizing experiences growing up with a mother going gradually insane. Her new book is called "Swallow the Ocean."

Flynn's mother suffered from schizophrenia at a time when the disease was not as well known, and authorities were reluctant to split children from their mothers.

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