All Eyes: A Mother's Struggle to Save Her Schizophrenic Son in Bloomington, MN

The story of Phoebe Hoss's endeavor to find help for her son, who began to have behavioral difficulties at age 10. The memoir deals with ins and outs of mental health care in the 1970s and 80s in and around New York City, but is still relevant as a map to the landscape of parenting a mentally-ill child. Winner of the 2009 Doris Bakwin Award for Writing by A Woman.