Madeline Sharples on Leaving the Hall Light On - video

Writing a memoir requires putting your life on display for the whole world to read. In Madeline Sharples' memoir Leaving the Hall Light On, the author details the painful story of her son's death. What started as daily journal entries and poems to deal with her son's bipolar disease, turned into an eighteen-year effort of attending writing workshops and seeking out advice from mentors to complete and publish her powerful memoir about his suicide.