{"product_id":"pretty-sane-living-with-schizophrenia-9781781177020","title":"Pretty Sane: Living with Schizophrenia","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Nicola Wall\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Mercier Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Mercier Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Mental Health\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I always knew I was somewhat different without knowing exactly how.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy earliest memory is being given a doll on my third birthday. One day around that time I am looking at a picture of a deer when it turns and runs towards me. There is a cushion with a peacock on it, it comes straight out at me. A woman in a painting turns her head to look at me, her eyes staring into mine until I squeak and run out of the room. It does not matter where I am - at home, my grandparent's house or my aunt's - pictures and paintings move around and then right themselves as soon as I attempt to show anyone. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhenever a picture turns itself into a television, I drag an adult by the hand to show them the magic painting, only to look like a liar when it fails to perform. I finally catch one in the act; my grandad John and I stand in front of the deer painting while it shakes its head and slowly stalks forward. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The deer isn't moving, Nicola; it's just your imagination,\" he tells me. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNext, come the voices.'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mercier Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46864368435351,"sku":"9781781177020","price":1590.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781781177020.webp?v=1769974027","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/pretty-sane-living-with-schizophrenia-9781781177020","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}