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Schizophrenia With a Dash of Schmaltz

When Iris Rainer Dart\’s cousin was diagnosed with schizophrenia decades ago, the illness sent shockwaves through her Jewish family. \”They were from the shtetl and superstitious,\” said Dart, 59, the best-selling author of 1985\’s \”Beaches.\” \”They thought that the illness was a curse, that the parents must have done something wrong and that it was perhaps contagious.\”

Dart\’s cousin was spoken of in hushed tones and kept behind closed doors, a fate that haunted the author.

My Brother’s Keeper

My brother, who at 70 is younger than me by two years, has a world-class collection of the mysteries of Agatha Christie and a complete set of the novels of Anthony Trollope. They are being joined, gradually, by the Greek historians and Galsworthy\’s Forsythe Saga.

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