Mental illnesses can be a mystery cloaked in never-ending questions of “Why?” JL Keez’s outlines with care her findings regarding the important link between the development of mental illnesses and a person’s life events to provide true understanding. Relationship influence is a strong focus, as is the encouragement to explore one’s story for clues, and ultimately, solutions. Her own lived experience enduring several mental illnesses, including anorexia nervosa and suicidal depression, is embedded within her detailed examinations. Part verse, part dialogue, the clues and solutions identified are highly informative, extremely telling and a must-read for those searching for answers as to why their own story is bathed in suffering.