Elayne Gilliam is interviewed by Benji Cole from CBS Radio for her book “Family Skeletons”

Elayne Gilliam speaks with Benji Cole from CBS Radio in an interview, discussing her mental health book Family Skeletons.

Following the loss of her husband to ALS, a mother struggles to raise four children alone, and discovers her eldest son and daughter suffer from mental illnesses.

She describes her interactions with various public agencies; social, medical and judicial. As she cares for an alcoholic, paranoid schizophrenic son, and a daughter with personality disorder which culminates in suicide, she examines memories from her childhood in a dysfunctional family.

She discovers a genetic closet with mental illness, alcoholism, and deviant behavior. Following a fourth marriage, she finds peace, but at the price of letting go of her mentally ill son.