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Synopsis
Cheryl Landes thought she knew her husband. Nine years after marrying her college sweetheart, the middle-class woman wondered if his odd episodes of paranoia were more than just work stress. But when his condition worsened significantly after being laid off, she made a surprising discovery that revealed the depth of his mental deterioration.
Stunned when he vanished without a word, Cheryl was left with a pile of guilt, empty bank-accounts…and being forced to live in her car. And as she looked back on their past, their moments of bliss fought with the gut-wrenching despair of his downswings and launched her on an emotionally draining rollercoaster.
Were devastating and undiagnosed afflictions fated to drag them both into the darkness?
In this raw and compelling account of her battle against her spouse’s mental illness, Cheryl Landes provides a lifeline of hope to anyone in the same position. And after witnessing her resilience, caring, and final revelations on how to cope with the impossible, readers will discover renewed optimism and courage in the face of adversity.
Author Bio
Cheryl Landes is a full-time technical communications consultant, travel writer, and the author of The Best I Can Do, Rainbows in the Snow, Beautiful America’s Seattle (two editions), Beautiful America’s Idaho, and Those Wild Northwest Days. She has contributed chapters about findability to The Language of Content Strategy and The Language of Technical Communication. Cheryl lives in southwest Washington State, where she enjoys hiking, photography, listening to music, reading, and hanging out with cats (with their permission, of course).
