This Fragile Life by Charlotte Pierce-Baker was chosen as a shortlist title for the Eric Hoffer Award before being awarded 1st Runner-Up in the memoir catagory.
The Hoffer Award was founded at the start of the 21st century (with permission from the Eric Hoffer Estate) to honor freethinking writers and independent books of exceptional merit.
"A honest and heart-wrenching account of one family’s nightmare...This book should be a sought-after account of a family’s struggle to deal with their son’s mental illness."
Read the full review on LibraryJournal.com.