{"product_id":"holding-it-together-surviving-a-legacy-of-mental-illness-9780692625859","title":"Holding It Together: Surviving a Legacy of Mental Illness","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen there is just the thinnest thread of hope, what is it that keeps someone holding on?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHolding It Together: Surviving a Legacy of Mental\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIllness\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning poet Joan Kantor tells the story of how she did just that and, in so doing, gives others suffering from mental illness a sense of validation and hope. Kantor, who struggled with severe clinical depression and anxiety before finding the right treatment, chronicles her journey in a collection that, while sad and at times even desperate, is full of honesty, passion, and dignity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKantor's work is a celebration of survival. In \u003ci\u003eHolding It Together\u003c\/i\u003e, she shares the darkest of times in an effort to show others what it's like to suffer from severe mental illness. Her message will not only connect with others who've had similar experiences, but also educate family and friends, health care providers, educators, mental health support groups, and others. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoan Kantor promotes poetry in the community through readings, workshops, mentoring, and sharing her poetry through public television. She also performs at art museums and galleries in collaboration with visual artists and musicians. In \u003ci\u003eHolding It Together\u003c\/i\u003e, she uses the power of the written word to set herself free. In sharing her story, she not only hopes it will help others do the same but also that it will bring about greater understanding and respect for those who suffer from mental illness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joan Kantor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Woven Word Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692625859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning poet Joan Kantor lives with her husband in Collinsville, Connecticut. Her training is in Education, Marriage and Family Therapy and Poetry Therapy. She has been a featured reader for the public television series \u003ci\u003eSpeaking of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e and has led workshops, mentored for Poetry Out Loud, and judged and mentored for the Hill-Stead Museum's Sunken Garden Poetry Festival Fresh Voices Poetry Competition. Kantor collaborates with both visual artists and musicians and performs in Stringing Words Together, an interactive performance of poetry and violin music. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKantor's first published collection, \u003ci\u003eShadow Sounds\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the Foreword Reviews INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award in 2010. She won first prize in the 2013 Hackney Literary Awards Poetry Contest, and in 2015 her book \u003ci\u003eFading Into Focus\u003c\/i\u003e took First Place for Poetry in the Writer's Digest 23\u003csup\u003erd\u003c\/sup\u003e Annual Self-Published Book Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woven Word Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40387174760563,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":16.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0998c877-2564-428b-8e45-bdade34a3a89.jpg?v=1661521677","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/holding-it-together-surviving-a-legacy-of-mental-illness-9780692625859","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}