{"title":"Elyn R. Saks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElyn R. Saks\u003c\/strong\u003e offers compelling memoirs that delve deeply into the human experience, exploring themes of mental health, resilience, and identity. Her writing invites readers to engage with powerful personal narratives that challenge stigma and illuminate the complexities of living with mental illness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful and moving biographies that combine intellectual insight with emotional honesty. Saks' works provide an intimate look at life’s struggles and triumphs, making them essential reading in the \u003cem\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e category.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-centre-cannot-hold-by-elyn-r-saks-9781844081677","title":"The Centre Cannot Hold","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHighly articulate and self-aware, Elyn Saks offers a moving insight into the world of a schizophrenic. This compelling account will bring hope to sufferers and understanding to all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eElyn Saks is Professor of Law and Psychiatry at University of Southern California Law School. She's the author of several books. Happily married. And - a schizophrenic. Saks lifts the veil on schizophrenia with her startling and honest account of how she learned to live with this debilitating disease.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a coolly clear, measured tone she talks about her condition, the stigma attached, and the deadening effects of medication. Her controlled narrative is disrupted by interjections from the part of her mind she has learned to suppress. Delusions, hallucinations, and threatening voices cut into her reality and Saks, in a remarkably vivid way, enables us to hear and see them too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Centre Cannot Hold\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful book that is as informative as it is moving. There are parallels with Jane Lapotaire's \u003cem\u003eTime Out of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e and with \u003cem\u003eGirl, Interrupted\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47773154214124,"sku":"9781844081677","price":41.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781844081677-the-centre-cannot-hold.jpg?v=1782183465"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/elyn-r-saks.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}