“Family Skeletons” by Elayne Gilliam is a poignant story about family loss, now available to purchase

Elayne Gilliam has published her book Family Skeletons, which is now available to purchase through our bookstore.

Following the loss of her husband to ALS, the main character 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.

The book is a poignant story about loss in the family and fans of books dealing with grief will come to love Family Skeletons.