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In His Bright Light
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Plot Summary of In His Bright Light
"Danielle Steel describes in detail her son's struggle with manic depressive disorder, the disease that in the end took his life. From a young age Mrs Steel could see that there was something wrong with her son but for the longest time she got no diagnosis. When she finally got people to listen to her and believe what she was saying her son had gone downhill. In the end he takes his own life at the age of nineteen. This book details the painful struggle she and her family went through in the process of getting Nicky the help he needed."
Michelle Kidwell, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Phys disability/mental struggle? Yes
Struggle with - mental illness
Period of greatest activity? - 1950+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity - White
Intelligence - Smarter than most other people

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - California
Century: - 1980's-Present

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Writer's slant towards subject: - favorable
If this is a kid's book: - Age 16-Adult
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 0-25% of book
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