Reviews
"I have been glued to your book for the last few days and although I don't want to use the expression gob-smacked, I really don't know how to tell you the impression it has made on me. I don't know where to start. I know a number of people with bi-polar and occasionally one hears snippets of their tribulations, from them, but never have I been, or felt, so exposed to a life story of bi-polar as in your book. It opened my eyes to so many things.
Firstly, your memory retention is amazing and your descriptions of so many scenes seem to be really alive in my mind, not least those of your family members. You do have wonderful support.
I hope lots of people will read it and I certainly will recommend it to those in the psychiatric and/or writing professions.
I would love to talk about the book with you, maybe on the phone or when we meet.
To think you have come out of all that, to activity and joy and of course writing, is a great feat. (I still don't believe in miracles!)"; S.B on September 21, 2013
"Gut wrenching, brave memoir. More detail than you might want to know about the world of bi-polar syndrome. There are many issues the book does not get into such as the paucity of knowledge about bi-polar during the time period, choice of various meds etc. But the book excels in depicting the episodic nature of this dreadful disease and its powerful persistence. However, I do find myself wishing to know more about how or why things turned around for the author in such a stunning way during recent years. Certainly, the best historical narrative of manic-depression since Kay Redfield Jamison's The Unquiet Mind."
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Brave memoir; Judith Posner on August 11, 2013
IT'S REALISTIC NARRATIVE, HONEST AND REAL STRUGGLE W. A HAPPY END MAKES A GOOD READING. WARMLY RECOMMENDED MAKES U THINK; SYLVIA BENTOLILA on June 7, 2014
I missed the Spring is almost the parallel journeys of Israel and Kathrine. During this moving memoir Katherine evokes the hardship of life with bi-polar, the struggle for identity, and for peace all set against the backdrop of Israel reaching for the same. Every one should read it. Bravo!
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A journey, in all senses of the word; By Margaret Graham on August 9, 2013
"I Missed the Spring' takes us on a spiritual journey, whose point of departure is untold evil in childhood, followed by a lifetime of mental suffering, diagnosed as bipolar disorder (manic depression.)
The tumultuous odyssey culminates in a vision for a New Era of Universal Peace and Love.
Kaila's life is transformed by a mood disorder after her wedding and immigration to Israel.
During therapy, she becomes aware of suppressed years of childhood.
Over decades medications dull her mind and sap her vitality until, in her fifties she begins to write and thus to survive. The writing is personal; the author shares all aspects of her life, unstintingly.
This is a fascinating read for everyone, but especially those whose lives have been affected by bipolar disorder..."
Arduous Odyssey; By Webhaven on August 4, 2013
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The juxtaposition of pain and joy is often diagnosed as bipolar disorder, but surely that is the cadence of our lives, particularly in Israel.
Nowhere is this quality more pronounced than when we pass abruptly from mourning our fallen to celebrating our Independence as a Nation