January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her

from spacecommuter

All I can offer the author is absolute sympathy for what he and his family have gone through, and a very high recommendation for his memoir of the experience. I am also the family member of someone who had childhood-onset schizophrenia, and I have to say that Michael Schofield grasped the enormit...

from nightprose

This is the true account of a child tormented by mental illness. It is written with the intensity and emotion that only a parent can feel. From infancy, Janni had conflicts that other children did not seem to have. She was more connected to her imaginary friends than other children. She was absor...

from brittanygates

This has to be one of the most emotionally honest books I have ever read. I started it two days ago, and could not put it down; I was so invested in the Schofield family's journey. January's father, Michael, documents their battles with doctors who are afraid to diagnose a child so young with sch...

from tealightful

Note: I received this ARC for free from the publisher. This book is due to be published in August 2012.Quote from Foreward:"During one stay in the hospital, while my wife, Susan, and I were visiting our daughter, Jani looked down from her fourth-floor window and said, "I want to jump down."[...]"...

from taletreader

I've been thinking about what to put in this review for about two days now, and I have to say, all of my words are gone because of the emotion I've experienced from Schofield's words. To put it simply, I related heavily to this book and empathized greatly which each person. However, I think even ...