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Surrounded by madness a memoir of mental illness and family secrets paperback march 24 2014 by rachel pruchno ph d author 47 out of 5 stars 142 ratings. But it was not until she came to terms with her own secrets that she truly understood the destructive and pervasive effects mental illness has on families surrounded by madness is transforming it will empower families to stop hiding and start talking when mental illness strikes. This item surrounded by madness a memoir of mental illness and family secrets by rachel pruchno paperback 2000 only 9 left in stock more on the way ships from and sold by amazoncom. The heavy hearted memoir of a woman who lost her mother and daughter to the bitter grip of mental illness penned in a vivid literary style that bleeds anguish pruchnos story is a mothers worst nightmare since the book centers on a young person and. In this fiercely candid memoir dr pruchno a scientist widely acclaimed for her research on mental illness and families shows how mental illness threatened to destroy her own family not once but twice as a child she didnt understand her mothers episodes