Publisher's Synopsis
UNLOCK BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON TO GAIN A CHILLING INSIGHT INTO SCHIZOPHRENIA. AN ORDINARY GIRL ARRIVES IN LONDON IN THE 1990'S WITH UNCLEAR ASPIRATIONS BUT WITH A DETERMINATION TO ENJOY LIFE. FOLLOWING A TURBULENT RELATIONSHIP WHICH INCLUDES THE HEAVY USE OF RECREATIONAL DRUGS THE WRITER DEVELOPS PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA. THIS IS HER STORY, TOLD WITH HUMOUR AND INSIGHT. A STORY OF COPING WITH THE DISEASE AND MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF RAISING A SON. TOLD WITH WARMTH AND INSIGHT, SHE SHOWS THAT THERE IS HOPE AND THERE IS A FUTURE FOR THOSE SUFFERING WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA. THE STORY IS INTERSPERSED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AUTHOR'S PAINTINGS COMPLETED AS A COMPONENT OF ART THERAPY. BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON IS THE FIRST PART OF A SERIES OF MEMOIRS LOOKING INTO MENTAL HEALTH TODAY. IF YOU LIKE 'HENRY'S DEMONS' THEN YOU'LL LOVE SARAH TANSEY'S NEW BOOK.
