Committed: A Memoir of Madness in the Family

-Timely release date: The book is set to publish in May-Mental Health Awareness Month-which is sure to get it extra attention, given that nearly 450 million people worldwide are currently living with a mental illness and 1 in 5 people will experience a mental illness during their lifetime.

-A unique memoir approach:Committed makes use of one of the few new ways in which memoirs are being told, according to New York Times Book Critic Parul Sehgal-it’s an epistolary memoir that uses letters in the narrative.

-Award-winning author: The author’s debut was a National Indie Excellence Award winner and was featured on BuzzFeed’s 5 Best Memoirs of the Moment.

-For readers who liked … : This book would appeal to readers who fell in love with The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls or The Liar’s Club by Mary Karr.