When the mind of a half mad poet screams, it is often silent. This is a volume of Quiet screams from the mind of a half mad poet.

Silent Screams recounts one woman's painful struggle following a severe psychological crisis. After an attempted suicide reveals the doctor/patient relationship that she has had with her psychiatrist for many years, she takes a look back at her life to understand how she arrived at such a painful and critical point, tracing her background from childhood and including the effects of a long-term physical illness and many emotional traumas. Believing that a formal education in psychology might help her understand her psychiatrist's point of view, she enters college, but following graduate school, her life takes a different path when she and her husband have an opportunity to become self-employed. A bitter divorce and a destructive relationship throw her into a long emotional tailspin and it takes some time for her to recover. She continues to study and work feeling the majority of life's tests are behind, so she is shocked when a rare, debilitating, and incurable disease begins taking hold, one that will dictate how she must live the rest of her life.

Erewhon: or, Over the Range' is a novel by Samuel Butler which was first published anonymously in 1872. Erewhon is a fictional country in the story, which is discovered by the protagonist. Butler meant the title to be read as "nowhere" backwards even though the letters "h" and "w" are transposed, as it would have been pronounced in his day. The book is a satire on Victorian society.

The Silent Screams by Barbara Henderson Witness a riveting and compelling story of mental and physical abuse within a family and listen to The Silent Screams in this moving narrative. It relates a story of a family, a recollection of a little girl’s bond with her grandfather, and a daughter’s revelation of her father’s abuse to her mother and to them as his children. Readers will follow her story from living a childhood in poverty on a tobacco farm in Tennessee to living her adult life in the foothills of North Carolina where the abuse follows. How can one little girl cope with and struggle to live a normal life without letting her past dictate her future?

Just your average woman. That’s me. Quiet and introverted. And a doormat more times than I care to remember. And then Judd Walker comes riding into my life. My knight in shining armor, helping my find a strength I didn’t know I had. That is, until a blast from his past threatens the security I’ve found with this man. He makes his feelings for me clear, but I can’t shake the feeling that I’m on the verge of losing him. Losing everything. Major life changes bring me hope. Hope that’s dashed when the unthinkable happens. Will I be able to climb out of the quicksand that threatens to pull me under or will I sink once and for all?

Silent Screams: Poetic Journeys Through Addiction and Recovery is a powerful collection of poetry for anyone who has experienced addiction or had a loved one trapped in its throes. The contributors from this volume courageously share their journeys with addiction, including pain, suffering, and loss. Granger and Hoffman have collected a masterful collection of accessible poems and provided a framework for understanding how poetry can be part of the healing journey. Though some wounds never fully heal, this book will help readers continue their journey toward healing and growth.

A Woman's Silent Screams is the poignant tale of a woman struggling with the emotional strain of caring for her elderly mother who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, while dealing with the chaos of her own dysfunctional marriage. Throughout her life, Mavis Maxwell has managed to suppress the screams of frustration that reverberate in her head, but lately everything is spinning out of control. Amid the turmoil of care giving, Mavis learns that she cannot always be there for her mother, a once-independent and courageous woman, now battling Alzheimer's disease. After her mother dies, Mavis reminisces about her childhood in an old white house with a tin roof in the deeply segregated South. In the meantime, her third marriage begins to fall apart. She starts to question her faith in God, the choices of politicians, and the heart-wrenching decisions she was forced to make while caring for her hundred-year-old mother. A Woman's Silent Screams takes an introspective look at the circle of life-marriage, friendship, and family-as well as the bonds shared by the strong women of this family.