title: The Day Room: A Memoir of Madness and Mending
author:  Kathleen Crowley 
description: I have often said life is a labor pain. It takes great courage to be willing to bear the pain and give birth to yourself. The Day Room shows it can be done. -- <i>Dr. Bernie Siegel</i>
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  #  Ascending From Madness, Copyright © 2019 by Stacey Marie Brown
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people,
  or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places and
  incidents are the product of the author’s imagination and her crazy friends.
  Any resemblance to actual events, locales or persons, living or dead, is
  entirely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  This book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. It cannot be re-sold,
  reproduced, scanned or distributed in any manner whatsoever without written
  permission from the author.
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  Published by: Twisted Fairy Publishing Inc.
  
  
  Layout by [www.formatting4U.com](http://www.formatting4U.com)
  
  
  Cover by: Jay Aheer
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  Edited by Hollie [www.hollietheeditor.com](http://www.hollietheeditor.com)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #  ALSO BY STACEY MARIE BROWN
  
  
  
  
  
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