Sunday, May 25, 2008

72 Hour Hold by Bebe Moore Campbell

Started: 5/15/08
Finished: 5/25/08
Year: 2004
Pages: 319
Genre: Fiction
Grade: B+
Reason for reading: fan of the author and grabbed it out of a TBR box
Blurb (nothing specified on book): A mother is facing the difficulties of having a bipolar daughter and fighting the system.
Opinion: Since I've been working with mentally ill children since I was about 17, I have seen the many ups and downs that parents have to go through in order to get help for their children. This book hits on several of them. Some, I think are taken to the extreme to prove a point. I hope that some politicians and hospital head honchos take a look at this book and see where they can make it easier to get help for families like this.

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