{"product_id":"on-the-bright-side-9781783822935","title":"On the Bright Side","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Andrew Aldred\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Chipmunka Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Chipmunka Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Mental Health\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a mixture of poetry and short stories. The poetry is about my daily life as a paranoid schizophrenic and issues that concern me, and hopefully will concern you, the reader, as well. The issues covered include current affairs, relationships and family. The short stories are about a variety of topics including a mental patient on the run, a cannibal woman, a child-molesting murderer, discipline in the army, life as a single parent and terrorism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have been in Mental Health Services since 1985, when I had a huge mental breakdown after serving in the Falklands with the army. Since then my life has been something of a rollercoaster of mental illness until meeting my wife Jane seven years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have been in and out of hospital from 1985 until 2009. I had an illness which I attributed to my father and resulted in me stabbing him in 1997 and going to the Edenfield Unit in Prestwich Hospital for 6 years. This is when I started to write poetry to keep myself sane and give me something to focus on.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chipmunka Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47595789516951,"sku":"9781783822935","price":1275.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781783822935.webp?v=1774991187","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/on-the-bright-side-9781783822935","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}