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c2004., Juvenile, s.n.] Call No: LS E Sco Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: True story of a girl with cancer who organized lemonade stands across the country to raise money for doctors to find a cure for her disease.
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2023., Penguin Press Call No: B LAU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "When the Rosens moved to New Rochelle in 1973, Jonathan Rosen and Michael Laudor seemed destined to become inseparable. The boys, both children of college professors, grew up on the same street in intellectually vibrant homes shaped by ideas, liberal Jewish culture, the trauma of the Holocaust, and a shared love of basketball and standup comedy. But the two best friends were also keen competitors bearing the same great expectations, and when Michael and Jonathan both got into Yale, they seemed set to ascend to the heights of the American meritocratic elite. Leaving Jonathan behind, Michael blazed through college in three years, graduating summa cum laude and landing a top-flight consulting job for far more money than their parents had ever made. But all wasn't as it seemed. One day, Jonathan received the fateful call: Michael had suffered a serious psychotic break and was institutionalized at a New York City psychiatric hospital where he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. He would stay there for nine months before transitioning to a halfway house. Facing the prospect of a life spent bagging groceries, Michael decided to play the one card left to him: just before his break, he had been accepted to Yale Law School, and now, against all odds, he planned to enroll. Still struggling mightily with schizophrenia, Michael made it through the top law school in the country. His extraordinary story soon made the front page of the New York Times; an agent sold his memoir to a major publisher for a large sum; Ron Howard swept in to acquire film rights, with Brad Pitt set to star. It was all a dream come true for Michael and his tirelessly supportive girlfriend Carrie. But then, the unimaginable happened: in the grip of an unshakeable paranoid fantasy, Michael stabbed Carrie to death with a kitchen knife. To this day, Michael Laudor remains confined to a maximum-security forensic hospital in upstate New York. The Best Minds is Jonathan Rosen's brilliant and heartbreaking account of what happened to Michael Laudor, and why. Exploring the dramatic transformation of American culture and of society's relationship to mental illness in the second half of the twentieth century, this is a story about the power and limits of the bonds of family, friendship, and community, the lure of the American dream and the promise of academic achievement. At times tender and hilarious, and at times harrowing and almost unbearably sad, The Best Minds is an extreme version of a story that is tragically familiar to all too many. In the hands of a writer of Jonathan Rosen's gifts and dedication, its significance will echo widely"--
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2019., Pre-adolescent, Jeter Children's, Aladdin Call No: 921 REEVES Edition: 1st Aladdin hardcover ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Jordan [Reeves] tell[s] her story about growing up in an able-bodied world and family, where she was treated like all of her siblings and classmates--and where she never felt limited. Whether it was changing people's minds about her capabilities, trying all kinds of sports, or mentoring other kids, Jordan has channeled any negativity into a positive, and is determined to create more innovations for people just like her. Her most famous invention, aptly called Project Unicorn, is a special prosthetic (that shoots glitter!) made with the help of a 3-D printer"--Provided by publisher.
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2012., Free Press Call No: MEMOIR Edition: 1st Free Press hard Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Click here to view Summary Note: The author relates what she underwent during a month-long hospital stay during which she was diagnosed with encephalitis and discusses how the autoimmune disease affected her mental stability and her hospitalization influenced her life and family.
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-- Cowboy and Wills.2009., Simon Spotlight Entertainment Call No: MEMOIR Edition: 1st Simon Spotlight Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author tells the story of the golden retriever, Cowboy, who changed her son's life after his diagnosis with autism spectrum disorder.
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By Feder, Tyler[2020]., Dial Books Call No: GN FED Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Tyler Feder shares her story of her mother's first oncology appointment to facing reality as a motherless daughter in this frank and refreshingly funny graphic memoir"--Provided by the publisher.
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By Feder, Tyler[2020]., Adolescent, Dial Books Call No: 921 FEDER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Tyler Feder shares her story of her mother's first oncology appointment to facing reality as a motherless daughter in this frank and refreshingly funny graphic memoir"--Provided by publisher.
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By Feder, Tyler[2020]., Dial Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: A graphic novel depicting the author's experience with grief after the loss of her mother, who died of uterine cancer when the author was nineteen.
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By Feder, Tyler[2020]., Adolescent, Dial Books Call No: GN-REALISTIC DAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Tyler Feder shares her story of her mother's first oncology appointment to facing reality as a motherless daughter in this frank and refreshingly funny graphic memoir"--Provided by publisher.
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By Feder, Tyler[2020]., Adolescent, Dial Books Call No: GN DAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Tyler Feder shares her story of her mother's first oncology appointment to facing reality as a motherless daughter in this frank and refreshingly funny graphic memoir"--Provided by publisher.
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1998., HarperPerennial Call No: 921 GUNTHER Edition: 1st Perennial Class Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Series Title: Perennial classicsSummary Note: A biography of the author's son, who died at seventeen after a fourteen-month illness caused by a brain tumor.
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[2024]., Adolescent, Random House Call No: B SMI Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Mallory Smith shares her innermost thoughts while living with a terminal illness"--Provided by publisher.
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2015., Grand Central Publishing Call No: 921 ROBERTS Edition: First trade edition Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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c2008., New American Library Call No: MEMOIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the experiences of Jason McElwain, a young man with autism who served as his high school basketball team's manager and shocked everyone with his shooting skills during a game in which the coach allowed him to play.
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c2004., Hazelden Call No: B REI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Click here to view
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[2020]., One World Call No: B Lehrer Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Riva Lehrer, a disabled, queer artist, offers a memoir of her life that describes her disability and her work painting the portraits of other disabled artists, writers, and performers. Lehrer relates how the process caused her to comes to terms with her own body, sexuality, and normality.
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By Cohen, Cole[2015], Henry Holt and Company Call No: B Cohen Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Follows the life of Cole Cohen and the discovery that her unique learning disabilities stem from a lemon-sized hole in her brain that he doctors cannot explain. Discusses how for Cohen judging the passing of time and distance of space was nearly impossible and the unique therapy she and her doctors have come up with to help her live her life.
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2019., Scribner Call No: B Laymon Edition: First Scribner trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: The author shares the story of his life growing up as a black youth in Jackson, Mississippi. Highlights moments ranging from his experiences with sexual violence at a young age to his complicated relationship with his family.
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[2017]., Broadway Books Call No: 616 .02774 092 Edition: First Movie Tie-in paperback edition. Availability:11 of 12 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics.
