{"product_id":"tomorrow-was-yesterday-explosive-first-person-indictments-of-the-us-mental-health-system-mothers-across-the-nation-tell-it-like-it-is-9781732974524","title":"Tomorrow Was Yesterday: Explosive First-Person Indictments of the US Mental Health System-Mothers Across the Nation Tell It Like It Is","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn these snapshots from on-going sagas, you'll read about grim realities - terrible group homes, suicides, adult children killed by police, incarcerations, solitary confinement, lack of beds, family chaos, substance abuse, ineffective medications, heart-breaking HIPAA restrictions, hallucinations, homelessness, sorrow, hurt, and anger. Simultaneously, you'll read about profound love, caregiving, gratitude, forgiveness, hope, strength, persistence, resilience, generosity, leadership, courage, pursuing dreams, understanding, and heroism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease read our stories. Set aside any conscious biases about serious mental illnesses (SMI) and the people and families who struggle with them. Imagine us as relatives or friends - people you care deeply about. We mothers, in Tomorrow Was Yesterday, are counting on you to help us use outrage and compassion to reach a tipping point for change. We're relying on your word of mouth support to get these stories out to the broader, unknowing public. It has no idea how abysmal things are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Dede Ranahan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I am confident these stories will cause the world to wake up, take notice, and implement the change we so badly need.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Miriam Feldman, painter and author of He Came In with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Reading these intimate accounts will change you. It changed me.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Steve Goldbloom, Emmy-nominated writer, producer, director, and creator of the Brief But Spectacular series for PBS NEWsHour. The show's mission is to invite viewers to walk in someone else's shoes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If these stories can't convince policy makers, I don't know what will.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Mindy Greiling, Minnesota legislator for 20 years, and author of Fix What You Can: Schizophrenia and a Lawmaker's Fight for Her Son\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e DBA Read First Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781732974524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.63d","brand":"Dede Ranahan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38024409317557,"sku":"9781732974524","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f252f89a-44dd-47e7-8d6c-914c4eb3de0f.jpg?v=1609187217","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tomorrow-was-yesterday-explosive-first-person-indictments-of-the-us-mental-health-system-mothers-across-the-nation-tell-it-like-it-is-9781732974524","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}