About the Author: Darla Lees story as Christian memoir author and inspirational author bio reflects faith, perseverance, and rediscovery. As mental illness survivor author, disability advocate author, and author overcame mental illness, she spent 21 years on disability, returned to college, rebuilt confidence, and created a meaningful career. About The Book: Ticket Back is Darla Lees deeply personal mental health recovery memoir and Ticket Back book about living through mental illness, spending 21 years on disability, and finding the courage to begin again. Through faith, family, the right treatment, education, and perseverance, she gradually moves from simply surviving to reclaiming her confidence, independence, and a meaningful career in this disability recovery book and faith and perseverance memoir, while sharing her journey as a Ticket to Work memoir.