I remember reading this book as part of a book club. It brought up a lot of feelings and good discussion (ex: how do we feel about people intentionally embarking upon parenthood after such a severe psychotic break, knowing there's a 90% chance it will happen again?). One of the things that struck me (and I'm feeling it again watching this video) is that their child never had the opportunity to give consent for that story to be told. Mark and Giulia discussed it at length and it sounds like they were on the same page, which is great. But people will meet Jonas for the first time having already read about his mother's darkest moments and how she wanted nothing to do with her son. He won't even remember that, but he (and everyone else) will be able to read all about it. I'm not sure what a "right" answer is, but the discussion about children's consent in the telling of our stories is an important one.
47:10 I admire your perseverance. However, as someone who had a mother who was absent due to several times in a mental hospital, and lived with her being self absorbed daily, I'm incredulous you would purposely have children with someone that is so mentally ill. It makes no sense; mental illness has been shown to be inherited as well. 47:00
