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    72 Hour Hold

    Written by Bebe Moore Campbell

    Narrated by Pamella D'Pella

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    In this novel of family and redemption, a mother struggles to save her eighteen-year-old daughter from the devastating consequences of mental illness by forcing her to deal with her bipolar disorder. New York Times best-selling author Bebe Moore Campbell draws on her own powerful emotions and African-American roots, showcasing her best writing yet.

    Trina suffers from bipolar disorder, making her paranoid, wild, and violent. Watching her child turn into a bizarre stranger, Keri searches for assistance through normal channels. She quickly learns that a seventy-two hour hold is the only help you can get when an adult child starts to spiral out of control. After three days, Trina can sign herself out of any program.

    Fed up with the bureaucracy of the mental health community and determined to save her daughter by any means necessary, Keri signs on for an illegal intervention. The Program is a group of radicals who eschew the psychiatric system and model themselves after the Underground Railroad. When Keri puts her daughter's fate in their hands, she begins a journey that has her calling on the spirit of Harriet Tubman for courage. In the upheaval that follows, she is forced to confront a past that refuses to stay buried, even as she battles to secure a future for her child.

    Bebe Moore Campbell's moving story is for anyone who has ever faced insurmountable obstacles and prayed for a happy ending, only to discover she'd have to reach deep within herself to fight for it.


    From the Hardcover edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJul 26, 2005
    ISBN9781415926734
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    • 3/5
      Interesting subject matter. Engaging book, liked following the characters and it had a good ending.
    • 2/5
      This book is a very thinly fictionalized account of dealing with a child who, in her late teen, is stricken with bi-polar disease. The late Bebe Moore Campbell's own daughter, Maia Campbell suffers with the illness. She was arrested earlier this year in the Atlanta area for disorderly behavior consistent with manic depression and with drug use. I chose to read the book this month as a memorial of sorts to one of my dearest friends who died 5 years ago of systemic illnesses which grew out of his bi-polar disease. For what its worth the book gave me some space to remember my beloved friend, and that was a good thing.There were other good things about 72 Hour Hold. The book discusses frankly the extra stigma placed on mental illness in the African American community. I have discussed this with friends in the past, and I am glad to see anything that takes this issue out of the closet. It also addresses the narrow space African American people have to act "crazy" without ending up dead or in prison. Last month, less than 10 minutes from my house, Atlanta police shot to death a mentally ill Black man who was running around naked (so clearly unarmed) unmistakably in the midst of a psychotic episode. I think it is true that it would not have happened had it been an adult child of one of my White neighbors. The White person would have been subdued and evaluated, not shot. Again, an important issue that Campbell handled well.Unfortunately, the story here shot out in all sorts of direction, spent pages and chapters on things that were not central and not interesting (everything about the main character's store, her regrets about her marriage, her employees, her boyfriend and his kids.) I am not saying that aspects of the main character's life that were not related to her daughter's illness should have been excised, but they should have been treated as background, and the were not. I was also annoyed with the constant references to slavery. Overseers and plantations have nothing to do with this. I get the metaphor, I get that she was "enslaved" by the cruel disease, but the extended metaphor did not work. When my loved ones are stricken with disease, its not like I make concentration camp comparisons. It is demeaning to actual slaves to equate these things, and also it is just inapposite. It pissed me off a little. There were other less irritating metaphors, the beautiful suit with a little spot that won't come out shows up a lot. Again, a bad metaphor, but less annoying. I should also note that I thought all the characters other than Kari lacked dimension.One final note: I read this book and got the audiobook as well to listen in the car. The audiobook is terrible. The reader, who has a beautiful voice perfectly suited to late night soul radio stations or phone sex lines, seems to have no idea what she is reading. She places emphasis on words and syllables that should not have been emphasized. She uses an almost jolly tone when talking about Trina's outbursts and dangerous behaviors, like she is telling someone about a fried who got a little too drunk at a party. It is really terrible. It is not as terrible as this weird sing-song thing she occasionally slips into or her habit of over enunciating, pronouncing each syllable as if it is a new word. Worst of all though are the voices she gave to characters. Bethany sounds like a cross between Marge Simpson's sisters, Selma and Patty, and Bette Davis in her post stroke years. Brad, a pasty khaki wearing white guy, sounds like a barrel chested, respectful but slightly dim Black man. The doctors voices are the funniest. The best is the British therapist who sounds like a 1980's American computer voice and the (Asian) Indian doctor who sounds like a crazed West Indian Voodoo Priest. Its funny for a moment, but it became unlistenable. I ended up taking the audio back to the library about half way through and just reading the book.If you are going to check out this book do NOT get the audio. And if you just want a book about families dealing with the onset of mental illness, you many want to check out some of the other excellent books on the topic. This is not a complete waste of time, but its not nearly as good as it should be.
    • 2/5
      This is not a story about drug addiction. It is a story about bipolar disorder. The narrator is a single mother who must cope when her formerly bright and promising daughter starts showing signs of bipolar disorder as a teenager. The narrator must accept that her daughter's bright future is gone and she will be lucky simply to survive. Bipolar is a trendy diagnoses these days, and it seems "everyone" has it. However, in reality, true bipolar disorder is very rare and very debilitating. Doctors would do well to stop applying the diagnoses to anyone and everyone who gets a little naturally sad and moody because such an abuse of the diagnoses leads to ignorance about how serious real bipolar is. The best thing about this book is that it reveals a true case of bipolar disorder. When the narrator's daughter is in a manic phase, she really is manic and maniacal. At her worst, she cannot function in society and must be institutionalized on strong medications, (which is incredibly different from all the people who are misdiagnosed as bipolar in the real world yet go to work and easily find relief with a fad antidepressant.) The most valuable aspect of this book is the author's revelation of what real bipolar is like for its victims--both the patient and the family.As a novel, this book is lacking. The writing is not that great nor is it inviting. In fact, towards the end, the story gets ridiculously unbelievable as the mother "kidnaps" her daughter and gets involved with an underground railroad style, grass roots group that claims it can help bipolar patients with intense experimental therapy.So to summarize, this book is great for revealing a true case of bipolar disorder rather than the watered down misdiagnoses we see every day. However, the writing is blah and the outcome of the story is completely unbelievable. I wish the author had found a better way to express the horrors of bipolar disorder.
    • 4/5
      I heard this book was kind of based on her own struggles with her daughter, but not really. It was still a heartbreaking story about addiction. As someone who likes happy endings, this was a start reminder that drug addiction is a beast! This story was sad for me, but I certainly gained a healthy respect for families dealing with this issue
    • 5/5
      I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Campbell tackles the tough issue of mental illness with a sense of realness and you can tell the book is written from personal experience. The heartache of dealing with a family memeber who is suffering is evident. The ups and downs of mental illness are apparent. It's well written and, as always, her voice is so entertaining.
    • 5/5
      As I work supporting individuals with varying disabilities some even having a mental illness I could relate to a lot of what was being said.Often times a mental illness is looked at as Taboo people don't want to admit they have a mental illness never mind there child does.I felt Bebe Moore Campbell did a great job of showing what it is truly like for a mother to fight the battle of helping her daughter get help for her mental illness, while dealing with others views of the illness and fighting her ex-husband who feels that their daughter is not sick while fighting her own battle of guilt.Bebe Moore Campbell tells a story that pulls you and has you pulling for Keri, a mother with a mission she is going to help her daughter no matter what it takes. Keri goes as far as getting help from a group that takes any means necessary to help an individual with a mental illness even as going as far as kidnapping them.From the beginning you root for Keri to get the help for her daughter Trinia. 72 Hour Hold definitely shows people that a mother will do anything to help her child even when her child curses her and calls her the devil and hits her. 72 Hour Hold absolutely demonstrates the saying that a mother will always love her child no matter what.
    • 4/5
      This was a page turner that wore me out!! The story gave a glimpse into the world of a desperate mother trying to save her mentally ill daughter. All the ups and downs, along with the mother's soaring hopes, only to be dashed down again, time after time, showed the many flaws in this country's mental health system. A good read, well written.
    • 3/5
      I was in the middle of the book, when the death of Bebe Moore Campbell was announced (November 28, 2006). A beautiful writer that will be missed. While reading this book I started reading more on mental illness, since it does not affect me directly. This was a very interesting story, and I appreciate the way that it shed so much light on the way families and loved ones deal with the mentally ill everyday. As for the book, it is way too long and I was committed to finishing it. There were many opportunities to liven up this novel by developing some of the other characters. I admire the heroine of this novel, Keri. The story has so many intricacies it loses focus at times and drags on interminably. I commend Bebe Moore Campbell for taking on this issue and addressing it in a way that was informative and unadorned with artifice.
    • 4/5
      This is a really important and groundbreaking novel. There are parts that don't age well (reactions to PJ's sexuality chief among them) but also parts that seem truly timeless. This book made a difference for mental illness in the black community.