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Title: Author Wilma Cotten to Sign Memoir at Frankfurt Book Fair 2025

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 20th Oct 2025 - Wilma Cotten, author of the memoir Is the Swing High or Low?: Living with Someone with Bipolar Disorder, will host a book signing at the Frankfurter Buchmesse. The signing, scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on October 19 at the Frankfurt Trade Fair Grounds, brings a personal narrative of caregiving, loss, and resilience to one of the world’s most influential publishing events. The Frankfurter Buchmesse convenes publishing experts, creative professionals, authors, journalists, and culture enthusiasts from around the world to exchange ideas, negotiate rights, and spotlight new work. Cotten’s appearance situates family-centered mental health discourse within that international forum, offering attendees a chance to engage directly with an author who experienced the complexities of caregiving across medical, legal, and social dimensions.Cotten’s memoir accounts years of caregiving for her daughter, Alisa, who struggled with bipolar disorder and later turned to drugs as a form of self-medication. The book traces Cotten’s efforts to secure counseling, medication, and rehabilitation services, and documents the limits of available support systems. It frames mental health conditions as medical illnesses that demand early recognition, sustained treatment plans, and community support.The memoir addresses a range of real-world consequences that can accompany untreated or undertreated mood disorders, including legal entanglements, property loss, and family trauma. Cotten describes encounters with the criminal justice system, efforts to access mental health services, and the eventual, tragic loss of her daughter to violence. The narrative also recounts the personal toll exacted on a caregiver, including job loss, displaceme...

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