The novel The Day the Voices Stopped by Ken Steele and Claire Berman is a memoir of a young man’s journey, living with schizophrenia. This book shares the life of a teen tortured into leaving home, almost killing himself, and being numbed with harsh medication. In the end he is finally free of the voices, but only a few years before his death. Ken Steele shares his experiences living in mental hospitals, group homes and on the street. He also explains how little the government cared about mentally disabled until he himself took a stand to help those in most need. The horrifying story brings to life what a mental disability can do, not only to an individual but their family as well.
