
Deborah Kasdan—Roll Back the World: A Sister’s Memoir
Deborah Kasdan’s sister Rachel was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 22 in 1965. The challenges her family faced in finding helpful treatment and community resources for her prompted their father to help start the National Alliance on Mental Illness, now a widely used family support group. In Roll Back the World: A Sister’s Memoir, Kasdan illuminates her family’s experiences.