Jewish Novels Which Discuss Mental Health
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Right Angles
By: Chayala Mann
Right Angles touches on the struggle of a family whose mother is stricken by depression after a tragedy.
Rebel with a Cause
By: Shira Yehudis Dajalilmand
Rebel with a Cause is not for the faint of heart. It’s a true story of a non-Jewish girl journeying to the truth, whose desperation leads to recklessness as she searches for meaning. She also struggles with her mental health and spends weeks in the hospital on two separate occasions.
Race Against Time
By: M. Bassara
Race Against Time is a thriller where the lives of Suri and Ora intersect as they race to solve the riddle who is chasing them and why. Ora struggles with an eating disorder.
Lemons in the Fog
By: Chaya Rochel Zimmerman
Lemons in the Fog takes us into the world of a bipolar warrior as he fights his battles.
Awakening
By: Tzippi Kestenbaum
Awakening is the gut wrenching story of a man who was shattered by a mental illness and then rebuilds his life.
Invisible Me
By: Tzippi Caton
Invisible me is both humorous and heart wrenching. It takes you into Dini’s world as she navigates life with Selective Mutism.
Lifelines 1-4
By: C. Saphir
Lifelines stories are real and raw. Many of them touch on mental illness.
The Freedom to Be
By: Chaya David
The Freedom to Be is a unique blend of brilliance, depth, thrill and tears. It’s a stunning masterpiece so true to life. It touches on addiction, ADHD and many of the challenges of life.
Take Two
By: Riva Pomerantz
Take Two delves into the topic of Parentification. What happens when a child is forced to be a parent? How can he rebuild? And can formerly unhealthy parents ever get the help they need?
Even There Even Now
By: Libby Klein
A rare book which touches on Schizophrenia among many other challenges.
Prisoner of his Mind
By: Ruth Arieli Rapaport
Prisoner of his Mind is about the effect of mental illness on one brave family and how they face it.