"Bernstein's suspenseful memoir offers an honest, often wryly humorous, account of brotherly love gone wrong, the chaos of mental illness, and the potential villainy of worldwide celebrity. Each chapter begs you to read 'just one more' and to cheer on this survivor of a 'loony bin of last resort.'"--PHYLLIS REYNOLDS NAYLOR, winner of the Newbery Medal and the Edgar Allan Poe AwardA gripping tale of Bob Bernstein's journey as the envious younger brother of Morey Bernstein, world-famous hypnotist and author of "The Search for ...
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"Bernstein's suspenseful memoir offers an honest, often wryly humorous, account of brotherly love gone wrong, the chaos of mental illness, and the potential villainy of worldwide celebrity. Each chapter begs you to read 'just one more' and to cheer on this survivor of a 'loony bin of last resort.'"--PHYLLIS REYNOLDS NAYLOR, winner of the Newbery Medal and the Edgar Allan Poe AwardA gripping tale of Bob Bernstein's journey as the envious younger brother of Morey Bernstein, world-famous hypnotist and author of "The Search for Bridey Murphy." Here, Bernstein offers an inside account of the 1950s Bridey Murphy reincarnation phenomenon from hobby to worldwide fame, while chronicling his own suicide attempts, battles with schizophrenia, and stays in mental institutions, before finding success with a long career in journalism and law as his brother descended to a bizarre, reclusive end.
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