A wonderfully written novella describing the benefits of healing at a mental wellness farm.

   James Townsend, the author of "Moving to Oregon:  A Bipolar Journey", begins his story when he was a melancholy child.  Growing up he manages his mood and maintains a select group of friends and good grades.

   The crash in James' life occurs when he receives a very disappointing call from the university.  This call put him in a tailspin of deep depression and mania.

   After a couple of hospital stays, James is released and heads to Oregon to heal at a working farm.  The daily routine and healthy lifestyle, in addition to the group therapy and individual sessions with his therapist, James was ready to begin his new life.

   I rated this book a 5 star as the  way James Townsend wrote the book I could visualize being a the farm with him.

​      A man with mania.   An exhausted mother. Who saves whom?

      A family deals with a member who is on auto-destruct.
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    Libby Riconda grew up in a loving home.  A Pastor’s daughter and home-schooled, with her two brothers, by her mother.

​Startling.  Graphic.  Emotional.  Candid.
  “Donovan” The Movie is based on the true story of Jason Bees’s lived experience with Bipolar Disorder.

​   Note:  The author, Jeremy Bronaugh, has placed a trigger warning on his book, “When You Bleed to Death: A Novel”, as it contains graphic depictions of self-mutilation.