Shell Song: Voices Deep Within--Stirrings of a Scattered Soul

Shell Song is a poignant and poetic story of the search for one_s purpose amid all the struggles life sends along the way, including the onset of mental illness and its invasion into the life of someone you love.

Have you lost sight of your dreams?

Have you ever felt that your world was closing in around you?

Perhaps you’ve wondered about the fine line that exists between sanity and insanity especially when you’re trying to juggle the responsibilities and expectations of marriage, parenthood and a career. Lydia Schettling struggled with these same issues. This is the semi-biographical story based on the real life of Lydia, an immigrant from Germany shortly before WWI, who was touched by schizophrenia and hospitalized in an insane asylum during an era of abuse and neglect. Almost half of all Americans will suffer from a mental illness at some point in their lives. About 40 million adult Americans age 18 and over suffer from a mental health disorder; yet, a deep stigma is still attached to the subject of mental illness. Whether you know someone with mental illness or not, reading this book will change you. Through Lydia’s shell voices you will learn that a person afflicted with a mental illness is still a person who needs your love, support, courage and patience.