Leaving Cloud 9 : the true story of a life resurrected from the ashes of poverty, trauma, and mental illness
by Andersen, Ericka (Author)
Summary
Describes how Rick Sylvester, after enduring a childhood of poverty and abuse, struggled through adulthood until he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and shares how he was able to overcome the odds to live a rewarding life. Full description
- Prologue: Present day
- In the beginning
- From where she cam
- The father he never knew
- Pictures
- Starving for relationship
- Steven
- Aurora, Colorado
- Kinship care
- Battle buddies
- Privileged?
- Soldier dreams
- The villain
- When she was alone
- Tony returns
- James
- Man boobs
- Age twelve
- The molding of a man
- Lonely
- In the Army now
- Giving up on God
- College
- Shredded
- Flight school
- Sabrina
- PTSD
- A marriage unravels
- Anxiety attack
- The defining diagnosis
- Seattle to DC
- Almost there
- A rough start
- Living life
- They meet again
- Meeting Sylvia
- Looking at life ahead
- Jacob James Sylvester
- Newborn life
- The family he never knew
- How he got here.