Out Came The Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family

Description

She opens her eyes. The room is dark. She hears yelling and smashed plates, and wishes it was all a terrible dream. But it isn't. This is what it was like growing up as a Hemingway. In this deeply moving, searingly honest new memoir, actress and mental health icon Mariel Hemingway shares in candid detail the story of her troubled childhood in a famous family haunted by depression, alcoholism, illness and suicide. In a compassionate voice she reveals her painful struggle to stay sane. At last, in this memoir she can finally tell the true story of her family.

Mariel Hemingway is an Academy Award-nominated actor, author, healthy lifestyle brand founder, mother, and mental health advocate. She resides in California.

"...if Ernest Hemingway, Mariel's grandfather, happens to be an author who holds a special place in your heart, and if the term "wine time" feels oddly familiar, then Out Came the Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction and Suicide in My Family (Regan Arts; 2015) is a beach-chair must." * Hamptons Magazine * "OUT CAME THE SUN has a definite purpose. It illustrates for those struggling with addiction, depression, or mental illness that seeking a healthy lifestyle and positive personal attitude can be the answer. Mariel acknowledges that everyone is different, but in sharing what has worked for her and listing available resources at the end of the book, she hopes her family's struggles can in some way help others." * Reading Junky * "Out Came the Sun, Mariel Hemingway's autobiography, brings to life the notoriously chaotic legacy of the Hemingway family wherein she battles the dysfunction with an uncharacteristic desire for cleanliness, order, and normality. Her struggle appears to glue her kin together, and her tenacity to overcome the so-called "Hemingway curse" is uncovered in this revealing memoir." * The Daily Beast *