no one cares about crazy people by Ron Powers

Hard to read. Historical as well as current mental health policies and treatment strategies so abysmally inadequate and even in many instances have been criminally inhumane. A mostly hidden even though large population who are drugged, struggle to function, fall through the cracks, suffer homelessness, and often end up in jails. This author shares the tragedy of his two sons falling victim to mental illness infusing his informative and considered presentation of America's Mental Health Crisis with the sorely needed compassion and passion that might ignite a beneficent, effective, non-punitive, and all-inclusive approach to the many who suffer the ravages of mental illness.

The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg

Lovely book. Finished it, and just sat a bit musing. What comprises a family? An unexpected friendship between a young girl and an elderly man who meet in a cemetery grows into love and deep caring. She gains a friend, father, and grandfather, all rolled into one, and he enveloped by the recent loss of his wife is drawn back into life.