Darkness Visible, William StyronIn the summer of 1985 William Styron was overtaken by persistent insomnia and a troubling sense of malaise the first signs of a deep depression that would engulf his life and leave him on the brink of suicide. Darkness Visible takes us on an unprecedented journey into the realm of madness. It is an intimate portrait of the agony of Styron's ordeal, as well as a probing look at an illness that affects millions but is still widely misunderstood. Through

Professor Specter

hermits in bark cloth

The companion guide to the hysterical television show of the same name

a couple of elderly Britons

But once a spy

and a bond that runs deeper than memory

six-step process

Describing the battles she fought to enact change

at the age of 80

reckon with secrets from his past

As she struggles to cope with Alzheimer’s

to explain the family secrets and to seek forgiveness