Madness: A Bipolar Life

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Synopsis
When Marya Hornbacher published her first book, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, she did not yet know the reason for her all-but-shattered young life. At age twenty-four, Hornbacher was diagnosed with Type 1 rapid-cycle bipolar, the most severe form of bipolar disease there is.

In Madness, in her trademark wry and utterly self-revealing voice, Hornbacher tells her new story. Through scenes of astonishing visceral and emotional power, she takes us inside her own desperate attempts to control violently careening mood swings by self-starvation, substance abuse, numbing sex, and self-mutilation. How Hornbacher fights her way up from a madness that all but destroys her, and what it is like to live in a difficult and sometimes beautiful life and marriage-where bipolar always beckons-is at the heart of this brave and heart-stopping memoir.

Copyright:
2008

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
304 Pages
Publisher:
N/A
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Marya Hornbacher
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Biographies and Memoirs, Health, Mind and Body, Psychology
Submitted By:
solstice singer
Proofread By:
Natasha
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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