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Bouler, Jean Lufkin

 
9781534904668: Chasing the Mockingbird: A Memoir of a Broken Mind
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ISBN 10 : 1534904662 ISBN 13 : 9781534904668
Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Chasing the Mockingbird is the story of a journalist’s collapse into mental illness while doing research for a book about Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird. Jean Bouler had a life-long fascination with Ms. Lee’s novel because she grew up 40 miles from the famous author’s hometown of Monroeville in south Alabama. Ms. Lee knew Jean’s parents.Years later, Jean’s interest in Ms. Lee turned into an obsession with tracing her path to fame. On a (literally) manic romp to New York, in the archives of the public library, she read notes Ms. Lee had written while helping Truman Capote research In Cold Blood. Traveling to Monroeville she got locked in the famed courthouse. Jean spent weeks of frantic calls and faxes to set up a phone call with Gregory Peck, who rarely granted interviews, about his most-loved part as Atticus. When this project had brought her to a point of near exhaustion, her schizophrenic brother, in a mental institution’s halfway house, was diagnosed with lung cancer at 48. Jean desperately tried to find a place for him to die in peace. She succeeded, but at a terrible price. As he gasped his last breath it was as though he had put his hand on her arm and said, “It’s your turn to be crazy now.” Madness quietly took Jean into his world of delusions and paranoia.She plunged into depression then soared into mania. She landed on a locked ward facing her own commitment hearing. Antipsychotic drugs pulled Jean back to reality – twice.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Chasing the Mockingbird is the story of a journalist’s collapse into mental illness while doing research for a book about Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird. Jean Bouler had a life-long fascination with Ms. Lee’s novel because she grew up 40 miles from the famous author’s hometown of Monroeville in south Alabama. Ms. Lee knew Jean’s parents. Years later, Jean’s interest in Ms. Lee turned into an obsession with tracing her path to fame. On a (literally) manic romp to New York, in the archives of the public library, she read notes Ms. Lee had written while helping Truman Capote research In Cold Blood. Traveling to Monroeville she got locked in the famed courthouse. Jean spent weeks of frantic calls and faxes to set up a phone call with Gregory Peck, who rarely granted interviews, about his most-loved part as Atticus. When this project had brought her to a point of near exhaustion, her schizophrenic brother, in a mental institution’s halfway house, was diagnosed with lung cancer at 48. Jean desperately tried to find a place for him to die in peace. She succeeded, but at a terrible price. As he gasped his last breath it was as though he had put his hand on her arm and said, “It’s your turn to be crazy now.” Madness quietly took Jean into his world of delusions and paranoia. She plunged into depression then soared into mania. She landed on a locked ward facing her own commitment hearing. Antipsychotic drugs pulled Jean back to reality – twice.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jean Lufkin Bouler is a former reporter for The Birmingham News. Her book Exploring Florida’s Emerald Coast – A Rich History and a Rare Ecology is published by the University Press of Florida. She lives in Birmingham, Alabama with her husband and enjoys visits with her daughter, son-in-law and two granddaughters. Jean enjoys reading with a book group and cooking, as well as traveling.

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Éditeur
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1534904662
ISBN 13 
9781534904668
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
188
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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