DISCLAIMER This book does not in any capacity mean to replace the original book but to serve as a vast summary of the original book. Summary of While You Were Out by Meg Kissinger: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence IN THIS SUMMARIZED BOOK, YOU WILL GET: Chapter astute outline of the main contents. Fast & simple understanding of the content analysis. Exceptionally summarized content that you may skip in the original book Meg Kissinger's memoir, While You Were Out, is a heartbreaking exploration of a family besieged by mental illness. Growing up in Chicago in the 1960s, the family faced a harsh reality with a heavily medicated mother, a violent father, and children with bipolar disorder and depression. The memoir explores the consequences of shame, botched public policy, and the hope offered by new treatment strategies. It is a powerful, candid, and surprising memoir of one family's love and resilience in the face of great loss.