A Vermonter questions the nation’s mental health

Ron Powers and his wife, Honoree Fleming, with their two sons three decades ago. Provided photoPulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Powers’ past works have eagerly explored everything from the 1800s literary lion Mark Twain to the flag-raising World War II soldiers at Iwo Jima and the present-day pioneers of broadcast news and sports.
The Vermonter’s current focus is different.
“This is the book I promised myself I would never write,” Powers begins its preface. “I have