Category: Literary Fiction Publisher: DBSA of Metro Detroit
ISBN-10: 0963568167
Type: Fiction
Pages: 257
Copyright: April 5, 2003
"The Other Side of Darkness" is an anthology (collection) of poetry, articles and stories all written by members of a self-help support group known as the Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) of Metro Detroit.
Gil Saenz, was the Editor for this collection.
The DBSA, Depression Bipolar Support Alliance of Metro Detroit is one of over 300 chapters throughout the United States. The most important part of the work is the Support group meetings for the purpose of moral support with sharing of experiences, advice, education, and hope from all the persons present.
Thirty-four members of our Detroit Chapter put together this anthology which contains some very creditable and fine writings.
Excerpt
From "Release"
"But here is a way to open up
And share our knowledge, feelings,
and fears
Support and hope are messages
In stories that are spoken here"
by Mary Linda Hoes
Professional Reviews
Inspirational Achievement
Thirty-four members of the DBSA Metro
Detroit Chapter contributed their poems, aritcles, stories and letters to the editor to make up this anthology. It provides insights into some of the many aspects of the nature of depression and bipolar disorders as well as just being enjoyable literature.
Soldier's Gap is a non-traditional mystery with literary elements. The high school principal is brutally murdered, but Deputy Sheriff Dave Jenkins's search for meaning and love is a much more significant theme.
"Murder isn't usually this fun
Sarah Thompson has ten days on Maui to find her lifetime after lifetime soulmate. She is certain he is waiting for her there on one of the last remaining land masses of Mu still above water.
I Made My Boy Out of Poetry is a powerful literary vision of rare scope, beauty and emotional intensity composed of stories and poems that flow in and out of each other like the most lucid and articulate of dreams. These are portraits and studies of
