Along Came A Spider: A Personal Look At Madness

About the Book

Another beautiful mind gives us a rare opportunity to experience the torments of hallucinations, delusions and anxieties a biochemical brain disorder can bring.

In her most recent book, ALONG CAME A SPIDER: A PERSONAL LOOK AT MADNESS, author Maryanne Raphael shares with us her intimate feelings, deepest pain, and eventual recovery.

Her words are not the usual definitions and descriptions found in mental health literature, but those of a lifelong journal keeper as she endures hospitalizations and the periods in between.

She shows the universality of mental illness as she keeps writing through her crises in Brazil, Morocco, New York, California and Hawaii.

And finally she gives us hope that those who suffer from a mental illness can live a stable, productive life. From her home base in Carlsbad, CA., Maryanne now travels the globe, continues her writing career and is an inspiration to all.

Thelma Hayes, Founding President and Advocacy Chair, NAMI, NCSDC, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, North Costal San Diego County

About the Author

Maryanne Raphael was born in Waverly, Ohio, the oldest of ten chidlren. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Ohio University, then went to the Sorbonne in Paris. She was an editor at Prentice Hall and an editorial assistant at Woman’s Day magazine. She taught at The New School in New York, at Ohio University and the University of Hawaii. She was a Recreation Director and professional dancer for the United States Air Force Service Clubs in Europe, a co-worker of Mother Teresa’s and a Disaster Worker for the American Red Cross. She has one son Raphael, a daughter-in-law Ginger and a grandson Zeal. She is author of MOTHER TERESA, CALLED TO LOVE, AKITA, A DOG FOR ALL SEASONS, HOW TO SURVIVE AS A FREE LANCE WRITER, THE MAN WHO LOVED FUNERALS and co-author of RUNAWAYS (with Jenifer Wolf) and ALEXANDRIA (with Patricia Walden).