Below is the editorial review of my favorite book. It is the true
account of a girl raised by mentally ill parents in a life where
nothing makes sense, and when she tries to get help, things get
scrambled.
Book: MY LAST REMAINS by Jill (uses 1st name),
Publisher: Denlingers Publishers LTD sales@...
ISBN 0877-147728
Available on amazon.com, bn.com (barnes and nobles), as E-Book from
publisher, or backorder from any bookstore.

Book Description
What happens to children of the mentally ill? While parents may seek
treatment for their psychological imbalances, what happens to the
children at home, behind closed doors?
My Last Remains is a powerful and haunting true story of a child
struggling to survive in a family of madness. Written from the child-
observer perspective, it takes the reader behind the closed doors and
inside the rooms where trappings of normalcy are discarded.

This child's-eye view grips readers like a twisted Diary of Anne
Frank. It holds them breathless waiting for a rescue that never
comes. Instead of rescue they journey through desperate attempts for
help and finally witness the gentle emergence of a young woman
finding her own wings of freedom.

My Last Remains lets readers experience the emotion and confusion of
trying to make sense of the incomprehensible. It reveals, in a way no
textbook could, the fearful reality of living with madness. By its
sheer innocent brutality, this book makes the case for well-trained,
competent and compassionate children's counselors and agencies. With
3.1 million abused and neglected children in the U.S. each year,
there is obviously much more we can do.

About the Author
Because of the chaos in her childhood, Jill was told she would never
graduate from high school. The legal age to leave home in Michigan
was 16, and so at 16, her high school counselor suspended her from
school and told her to go out, get a job and leave home. He refused
to allow her to take the SAT exams. He said it was a waste of time
because she would never graduate from high school. Jill's grade
average was D-. She had no money and no where to go.

Jill did finish high school, college, and went on to graduate school.
In fact, she spent several years working for a major university.
Since leaving the chaos of her family, she has lived in such diverse
places as California and Iran! She was in Iran as the revolution was
about to occur and had to flee. She ended up in Seattle where she
currently writes text books.