Tuesday, March 23, 20216:30-7:30 pm In partnership with the Prosser Library in Bloomfield, join us for a lively discussion of Heavy by Kiese Laymon. Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about the physical manifestations of violence, grief, trauma, and abuse on his own body. He writes of his own eating disorder and gambling Read more…
Monday, February 10, 20206:30 PM – 7:45 PMProsser Public Library Community RoomBloomfield, CT Insanity Plea: On Race, Mental Health, and the Judicial System, by LaShawne Houston Sowell, 2019 is the story of a teenager’s journey dealing with the mental health and judicial system in America seen through a mother’s eyes. Read more…
Monday, February 25, 2019 at 6:30 PMProsser Public Library1 Tunxis Avenue, Bloomfield, Connecticut 06002 In Another Kind of Madness, author Stephen Hinshaw explores the burden of living in a family “loaded” with mental illness and debunks the “stigma” behind it, explaining that in today’s society, mental health problems can result Read more…