"In Sight of Stars deals with mental health, Vincent Van Gogh, family and recovery; all told in some of the most beautiful prose you will probably ever read. As far as I'm concerned, [this novel] is the equivalent to “Starry Night Over the Rhone,” making Gae Polisner the Vincent Van Gogh of young adult fiction."
- Teen Reads
May is -- has been -- Mental Health Awareness month, and I have a LOT to "say" about that, except that on the 4th of May -- very un "force" like -- or, maybe exactly force-like -- I fell and broke my hand very un-ninja style, and my typing is, shall we say, fucking limited.
So, suffice that I want to say this:
WE ALL SUFFER.
WE ALL SUFFER.
We do.
Some greatly.
Some less so.
I believe it's only a matter of degree and circumstance that separates us.
And if you suffer, there is help out there. Even if you don't suffer acutely, the help is useful. The help can be life-changing. (In this regard, I have witnessed Dialectical Behavior Therapy be life changing, though, as always, it matters that you find a good and skilled therapist/center that fits for you).
If there is one thing I hope readers might take from IN SIGHT OF STARS**, it is this:
Open yourself. Know you are worthy. Let people in.
And if you suffer, there is help out there. Even if you don't suffer acutely, the help is useful. The help can be life-changing. (In this regard, I have witnessed Dialectical Behavior Therapy be life changing, though, as always, it matters that you find a good and skilled therapist/center that fits for you).
If there is one thing I hope readers might take from IN SIGHT OF STARS**, it is this:
Open yourself. Know you are worthy. Let people in.
And, if you want to know more specifics, reach out to me.
xox gae
** now out in AUDIOBOOK narrated by the awesome Michael Crouch
