Charcoal for Lunch
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Coming soon to an e-bookseller near you

Charcoal for Lunch is a guide for teens living with a parent who has a major mental illness -- and for anyone who's ever been on this journey, at any point in life. It's an e-book that will be available online by the end of September 2017.

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Stories we heard


A sampling of the book

We interviewed 50 people for this book -- 'children of' (some kids, some adults), mental health professionals and parents. There was no way to tell everyone's story in a way that would do them justice, so we reserved some of their tales for our site. We're in the process of adding these to the site. Please check back!
We intend to provide the entire book in PDF form at some point, soon, so kids and others can download it from this site free of charge. But for now here are the Table of Contents and Chapter 1, to give you an idea of what the book is about and so you can read some of the amazing stories we were privileged to hear.