Family Illness

By Evan Wechman

Family Illness is a realistic fictional piece of work written to give mature readers a sense of what it is like for someone to grow up afflicted with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Steve, the main character, suffers as a child in the 1980s, growing up in a secular Jewish household. He has lots of physical and verbal tics while in school but lives in fear that his secret living with a mental illness in a hostile world will be revealed. As Steve grows up into a young adult, his illness plays tricks on him, making him question every moral aspect of his life. His fears intensify at the same time as he learns that a family member has OCD as well. This encourages Steve to fight back, but he wonders if he has lost too much of his life to the disease.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1647503477
• ISBN13: 9781647503475
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Austin Macauley
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"