"Getting My Night Vision", by Nancy Pizzo Boucher

    When someone is diagnosed with a severe mental illness, it doesn’t just impact the individual, but as a family.

   “Getting My Night Vision”, by Nancy Pizzo Boucher, is about the author’s son, Clem, who was diagnosed with a serious mental illness.  

   The book is written as a true story, filled with poetry, letters, and lyrics, not only by Nancy, but also by her other son, Erza, and Clem himself.

   “The main focus of the book, and in my opinion the most important, is how the family constantly worked as a team to help keep Clem grounded yet while slowly teaching, guiding, and allowing him to become accountable for his own mental wellness and gain his own sense of independence.
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   “My favourite chapter, which really made me reflect on my own mental illness was “Adjustments” which dealt with the family’s strategies on how best to communicate effectively with Clem.