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GtrsRGr8 · 08-21-2019, 02:22 AM

Don't forget that Chirpbooks (no "audio" in the name, but audiobooks is all that they sell as far as I can tell) has a "Deal of the Week."* This week it is My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward: A Memoir. By Mark Lukach; narrated by Josh Bloomberg.

There's 8 hours, 40 minutes of listening time.

It's an "Editor's Pick," and a winner of something called (appropriately enough) the "Earphones Award." Amazon rates the ebook an almost amazing 4.6 stars, from 216 ratings, and describes the ebook as an "International Bestseller." Audible's customers rate it a stellar 4.5 stars, from 374 ratings.

Marked down to $3.99, from $21.99 (82%).

Publisher's Description
A heart-wrenching, yet hopeful, memoir of a young marriage that is redefined by mental illness and affirms the power of love.

Mark and Giulia’s life together began as a storybook romance. They fell in love at eighteen, married at twenty-four, and were living their dream life in San Francisco. When Giulia was twenty-seven, she suffered a terrifying and unexpected psychotic break that landed her in the psych ward for nearly a month. One day she was vibrant and well-adjusted; the next she was delusional and suicidal, convinced that her loved ones were not safe.

Eventually, Giulia fully recovered, and the couple had a son. But, soon after Jonas was born, Giulia had another breakdown, and then a third a few years after that. Pushed to the edge of the abyss, everything the couple had once taken for granted was upended.

A story of the fragility of the mind, and the tenacity of the human spirit, My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward is, above all, a love story that raises profound questions: How do we care for the people we love? What and who do we live for? Breathtaking in its candor, radiant with compassion, and written with dazzling lyricism, Lukach’s is an intensely personal odyssey through the harrowing years of his wife’s mental illness, anchored by an abiding devotion to family that will affirm readers’ faith in the power of love.

Direct link to the audiobook.

* I put that in quotation marks because these deals last longer than a week. For example, the preceding one is good through 9/1/19.

08-21-2019, 02:22 AM	#5813
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	My Lovely Wife in the Pscyh Ward: A Memoir. Retail $21.99; Now $3.99. Don't forget that Chirpbooks (no "audio" in the name, but audiobooks is all that they sell as far as I can tell) has a "Deal of the Week."* This week it is My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward: A Memoir. By Mark Lukach; narrated by Josh Bloomberg. There's 8 hours, 40 minutes of listening time. It's an "Editor's Pick," and a winner of something called (appropriately enough) the "Earphones Award." Amazon rates the ebook an almost amazing 4.6 stars, from 216 ratings, and describes the ebook as an "International Bestseller." Audible's customers rate it a stellar 4.5 stars, from 374 ratings. Marked down to $3.99, from $21.99 (82%). Publisher's Description A heart-wrenching, yet hopeful, memoir of a young marriage that is redefined by mental illness and affirms the power of love. Mark and Giulia’s life together began as a storybook romance. They fell in love at eighteen, married at twenty-four, and were living their dream life in San Francisco. When Giulia was twenty-seven, she suffered a terrifying and unexpected psychotic break that landed her in the psych ward for nearly a month. One day she was vibrant and well-adjusted; the next she was delusional and suicidal, convinced that her loved ones were not safe. Eventually, Giulia fully recovered, and the couple had a son. But, soon after Jonas was born, Giulia had another breakdown, and then a third a few years after that. Pushed to the edge of the abyss, everything the couple had once taken for granted was upended. A story of the fragility of the mind, and the tenacity of the human spirit, My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward is, above all, a love story that raises profound questions: How do we care for the people we love? What and who do we live for? Breathtaking in its candor, radiant with compassion, and written with dazzling lyricism, Lukach’s is an intensely personal odyssey through the harrowing years of his wife’s mental illness, anchored by an abiding devotion to family that will affirm readers’ faith in the power of love. Direct link to the audiobook. * I put that in quotation marks because these deals last longer than a week. For example, the preceding one is good through 9/1/19.