<p>One cold night in April, Natasha's father drove his car into the frigid water of New York Bay with her two-year-old half-sister in the backseat. She was the one to walk him past the column of&nbsp;hungry reporters demanding an explanation.</p><p></p><p>The headline in <em>The Daily News</em> read: Back from a Watery Grave. But Natasha's experiences growing up with her schizophrenic father in the gritty New York City of the 1970s are not so easily captured in a single headline. How could she possibly convey the power of her father's love in the face of this tragedy?</p><p></p><p><em>The Parts of Him I Kept</em> is an intimate account of coming of age in the face of a father's schizophrenic unraveling. In the tradition of Michael Greenberg's <em>Hurry Down Sunshine</em> and Robert Kolker's <em>Hidden Valley Road</em>, Williams explores the limits of our understanding of schizophrenia and chronicles the burden and privilege of caring for a mentally ill family member.</p>