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050 00 RC514.M368|bA3 2020 
082 00 616.89/80092|aB|223 
100 1  Mathews, Dan,|eauthor. 
245 10 Like crazy :|blife with my mother and her invisible 
       friends /|cDan Mathews. 
250    First Atria Books hardcover edition. 
264  1 New York :|bAtria Books,|c2020. 
300    244 pages :|billustrations ;|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "Dan Mathews knew that his eccentric mother, Perry 
       Lawrence, was outspoken, foul-mouthed, and, at seventy-
       nine years old, unable to maintain her fiercely 
       independent lifestyle-so he flew her across the country 
       (with a gay man as her escort) to live with him in a 
       dilapidated Victorian townhouse in Portsmouth, Virginia. 
       What he didn't know was that she was schizophrenic. Over 
       the next five years, Dan and Perry built a rollicking life
       together fueled by costume parties, experiments in drug 
       use, and an unshakeable sense of humor as they faced down 
       illness, natural disasters, and Perry's steady decline. 
       With the help of an ever-expanding circle of friends-
       boyfriends new and old, strippers, DJs, gun nuts, 
       Evangelical Christians, and everyone in between-they 
       flipped the parent-child relationship on its head, with 
       the globe-trotting animal rights activist finally learning
       to slow down and care for the woman who raised him. But it
       wasn't until after a kicking-and-screaming trip to the 
       emergency room that Dan discovered that his mother's 
       lifelong tendency to go it alone wasn't just a 
       manifestation of her free spirit but was actually the 
       inescapable element of a serious and undiagnosed disorder.
       Witty, emotionally powerful, and deeply moving, Like Crazy
       is a warm and engrossing memoir about mental illness, 
       reinvention, and the remarkable power of community. 
       Lovingly told, Mathews's memoir is also a profound 
       meditation on the joys and pitfalls of caring for an aging
       family member and of the remarkable growth that takes 
       place as a child steps into the role of the parent"--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Mathews, Dan. 
600 10 Mathews, Perry Lawrence|xMental health. 
650  0 Schizophrenics|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Schizophrenics|xFamily relationships|zUnited States. 
650  0 Mothers and sons|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.|2bisacsh 
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBT.|2bisacsh 
650  7 PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Schizophrenia.|2bisacsh 
655  7 Biographies.|2lcgft 
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