Children's Center Exclusive Event

Meet five-time Emmy winner and Kink FM radio's Morning Show co-host Sheila Hamilton at an exclusive book launch and signing Friday, October 23, 2015 from 2pm - 3:15pm.

Sheila is a good friend of Children's Center and long time advocate for those living with mental illness. In October she will publish her first book, All the Things We Never Knew, described by best selling author Cheryl Strayed as "A boldly beautiful page-turner about loving and losing someone with mental illness. I'll be recommending this absorbing memoir for years to come."

This event is not a fundraiser but a special event we thought you would enjoy. (Though you may pre-order a copy of Sheila's book with a portion of the proceeds benefiting Children's Center if you are interested).

Space is limited! Please register by October 19, 2015.

Thank you for championing the cause of providing high quality mental health treatment to our community's children. We look forward to seeing you at this special event.

All the Things We Never Knew

Even as a reporter, Sheila Hamilton missed the signs as her husband David’s mental illness unfolded before her. By the time she had pieced together the puzzle, it was too late. Her once brilliant, intense, and passionate partner was dead within six weeks of a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, leaving his nine-year-old daughter and wife without so much as a note to explain his actions, a plan to help them recover from their profound grief, or a solution for the hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt that they would inherit from him.

All the Things We Never Knew takes readers from David and Sheila’s romance through the last three months of their life together and into the year after his death. It details their unsettling descent from ordinary life into the world of mental illness, and examines the fragile line between reality and madness. Now, a decade after David’s death, Sheila and her daughter, Sophie, have learned the power of choosing life over retreat; let themselves love and trust again; and understand the importance of forgiveness. Their story will resonate with all those who have loved someone who suffers from mental illness.