For the Love of Ian - Toni Morrison

For the Love of Ian

By Toni Morrison

  • Release Date: 2021-03-12
  • Genre: Family Fiction & Literature

Description

A story of Ian’s childhood and who he was before his struggles with schizophrenia. The age of Ian's onset of the disease and what he had endured through his many assessments. The effects his illness had on his family, with spouse, friends, and the many other relationships and the social stigma he had encountered throughout his lifetime.

The story tells of Ian’s many high’s and low’s with several hospitalizations arising from numerous medication changes and mental breakdowns. The affects the medication had on his quality of life, mental health, physical health, stability, and the ability to have a somewhat “normal life”. How he struggled with the voices in his head and the paranoia he would often experience.