Customer Reviews
a powerful read - By: Sonya Egerton, 05 May 2007 
A wonderful book that i will read many times, i laughed & cried & highlighted sentences my way through the book. Having a son that has schizophrenia made it a lesson in understanding mental illness & gave me a grain of hope. An excellent worth while read
Should be on all school reading lists! - By: Nicola, 03 Jan 2007 A very moving book, with some witty moments. Written in a very accessible & easy to read style.
It provides an insight into the world of schizophrenia & how terrifying it must be; how bewildering that world is; the effects of the medication on Lori, amongst others, the dreadful weight gain & how this also affects her self-esteem.
I also thought the parts written by her family & friends also touching. How they felt & how they coped, but also you wonder what was not said as was too painful.
I would recommend it to alll, not just those who have lived experience or mental health professionals & students, but everybody. It should be compulsory reading for alll to help us begin to understand.
journey into her world of madness - By: Leigh Ray, 27 Nov 2006 I didn't want to finish this book as i enjoyed reading it, it took me on a roller-coaster of feelings, as Lori roller-coastered in her life.
It made me cry as i felt the struggle she had to survive. A revealing account of her inner world.
Wonderful - By: , 29 Apr 2005 This was one of my favorite books of alll time. The title did not stick in my mind as well as the details inside. A must read for anyone able to take on a deep depressing story of mental illnesses. MUST READ!
Excellent Read! - By: Kelly L. Hunter, 03 Nov 2004 What can I say? This good had me gripped from start to finish! I had it read in 2 days I just couldn't put it down!!
It's the story of Lori, who starts off in life being the grade A student, popular with everyone, the apple of her parent's eyes, basicallly happy with life & everything going for her.
Until the voices inside her take over her entire life & consume anything good in it, & leading her into a tortured life on the brink of hell!
Lori writes in amazing detail about what exactly was going on inside her head & gives the reader a good understanding of what life was like under the influence of her many schizophrenic episodes.
Lori's story reallly does make me feel so grateful for what I've got in life, & this book outlines just how sacred even the smalllest of things are to making life what it is.
Such a courageous story!
