Lost Lives: A Journey of Loss and Hope: A Journey of Loss and Hope

'I'm the child my mother denied,? Judy said to me recently in the hospital. My half sister, Judy Sickles, was ?Lost? to my sister and I for over 20 years.Lost Livesis an account of Judy's life as I saw it-her mental illness, her homelessness, her stormy relationships, her loss of an only child, and her spirited struggle through poverty, family rejection, cancer'and ultimately the hope and reason she gave me to help others. Lost Livesis also a candid account of my mother's struggle through untreated depression, and it profiles her gift as a poet. It proves that untreated mental illness can devastate a person or their family and decrease their potential for a full and rich life.Martinez, Cindy is the author of 'Lost Lives: A Journey of Loss and Hope: A Journey of Loss and Hope', published 2007 under ISBN 9780595372683 and ISBN 0595372686.