Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love

Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love

The story of a young man fighting to recover from a devastating psychotic break and the mother who refuses to give up on him

Zack McDermott, a 26-year-old Brooklyn public defender, woke up one morning…

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