Community Corner
Author Visit With Evonne Agnello
With
sensitivity, Evonne explores mental illness from both sides--within the
mind of the sufferer and of those watching the one suffering--and sends
hope for all. Shaking Shame from Mental Illness shows
that depression is highly treatable and manageable and need not poison
your life. One can emerge from the depths of despair and find reasons to
dance in the sun.
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Evonne
Agnello wrote newspaper stories about other people for thirty years
before retiring to write her own story. Many of the scenes in her memoir
occur in Minnesota, where she and her family published the Aitkin Independent Age
from 1963 to 1996. She is a Minnesota native and a 1970 graduate of the
University of Minnesota. Since 1985, she has lived in Tacoma,
Washington.