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c2011., Thorndike Press ; Gale, Cengage Learning Call No: Bio B141c Edition: Large print ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Thorndike Press large print nonfiction.Summary Note: This is a real-life Mr. and Mrs. Smith - a portrait by CIA operative and bestselling author Robert Baer and his CIA "shooter" wife, Dayna, of living as a CIA couple. The Baers describe what happens when you try to leave "The Company" and learn that, try as you might, it's hard to break free of the rogues, mobsters, and clandestine warriors who've become your best friends and worst enemies.
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By Lukach, Mark[2017], General, Harper Wave Call No: Bio L953m Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "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. The 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 she was the devil and that her loved ones were not safe. All she wanted was to die. 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. A love story that raises profound questions: How do we care for the people we love? What and who do we live for? An intensely personal story of mental illness, anchored by an abiding devotion to family that will affirm readers' faith in the power of love"--Provided by publisher.
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c2011., General, Ecco Call No: Bio O11w Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Joyce Carol Oates shares her struggle to comprehend a life absent of the partnership that had sustained and defined her for nearly half a century.
