The Resilience of Childhood Swallow the Ocean by Laura M. Flynn is a touching story of what Laura and her family had to go through in her young years. Little does the reader know that eventually a downfall will occur. Laura’s family was a joyful family until they found out that Laura’s mother got diagnosed with a disease schizophrenia. The family falls apart and the children suffer with their mother. Although this happens the children remained strong through the difficult time. This allows the reader to understand that Swallow the Ocean is a memoir that shows the resilience of childhood.
Laura M. Flynn and the two sisters, Sara and Amy, live with a paranoid schizophrenic mother. “I explained that schizophrenia was an illness, that my mother
