Blue Genes: A Memoir of Loss and Survival-Fast Shipping

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Written with heartrending honesty, a memoir that captures the devastation of this family legacy of depression and details the strength and hope that can provide a way of escaping its grasp.

“A compassionate but clear-eyed view of his family history.” —Washington Post

Christopher (Kit) Lukas’s mother committed suicide when he was a boy. He and hisbrother, Tony, were not told how she died. No one spoke of the family’s history ofdepression and bipolar disorder. The brothers grew up to achieve remarkable success;Tony as a gifted journalist (and author of the classic book, Common Ground), Kitas an accomplished television producer and director. After suffering bouts of depression,Kit was able to confront his family’s troubled past, but Tony never seemed to findthe contentment Kit had attained—he killed himself in 1997.