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A brilliant and harrowingly honest memoir, January First is the extraordinary story of a father's fight to save his child from an extremely severe case of mental illness in the face of overwhelming adversity.
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“In this dramatic memoir, Schofield…explains the mental illness of his young daughter…offers valuable insight for others in similar situations, and ends on a hopeful note.”
— Publishers Weekly
“An unflinching portrait of the scourge of mental illness.”
— Kirkus ReviewsAn unflinching portrait of the scourge of mental illness.
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Michael Schofield teaches writing courses at California State University, Northridge. He keeps a blog of his family’s journey through Janni’s schizophrenia at www.janisjourney.org.
Jeff Cummings, as an audiobook narrator, has won both an Earphones Award and the prestigious Audie Award in 2015 for Best Narration in Science and Technology. He is also a twenty-year veteran of the stage, having worked at many regional theaters across the country, from A Contemporary Theatre in Seattle and the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta to the Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City and the International Mystery Writers’ Festival in Owensboro, Kentucky. He also spent seven seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.