{"product_id":"henrys-demons-a-father-and-sons-journey-out-of-madness-paperback","title":"Henry's Demons: A Father and Son's Journey Out of Madness - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick Cockburn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHenry Cockburn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback, the exceptionally well-reviewed, \"intimate and authoritative...outstanding double memoir\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eabout schizophrenia written by an eminent journalist and his son.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn a cold February day two months after his twentieth birthday, Henry Cockburn waded into an estuary outside Brighton, England and nearly drowned.\u003c\/b\u003e Voices, he said, had urged him to do it. Nearly halfway around the world in Afghanistan, journalist Patrick Cockburn learned his son had been admitted to a hospital. Ten days later, Henry was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Narrated by Patrick and Henry, this is the haunting, extraordinary story of the eight years he spent almost entirely in hospitals--and his family's steadfast response to a bewildering condition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining Patrick's frank reporting of his son's transformation from art student to mental patient with Henry's raw, eerily beautiful description of hearing trees and bushes speaking to him, voices compelling him to wander the countryside, the loneliness of life within hospital walls, and finally, his steps towards recovery, \u003ci\u003eHenry's Demons\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most profoundly moving and revealing accounts of mental illness ever written.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Cockburn\u003c\/b\u003e is Iraq correspondent for the\u003ci\u003e Independent\u003c\/i\u003e in London. He has received the Martha Gellhorn prize for war reporting, the James Cameron Award, and the Orwell Prize for Journalism. \u003cb\u003eHenry Cockburn\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London and raised in Canterbury, where he attended King's School and received several awards for his artwork.He resides at a rehabilitation center in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 8.78 x 5.64 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47565705773309,"sku":"9781439154717","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/T0tPTStJYUNDcW5VRW5UUC8zRmNJUT09.webp?v=1779537142","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/henrys-demons-a-father-and-sons-journey-out-of-madness-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}