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Madness: A Bipolar Life

by Marya Hornbacher

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Publisher Comments:

When Marya Hornbacher published her first book, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, she did not yet have the piece of shattering knowledge that would finally make sense of the chaos of her life. At age twenty-four, Hornbacher was diagnosed with Type I rapid-cycle bipolar, the most severe form of bipolar disorder.

In Madness, Hornbacher tells her new story. Through scenes of astonishing visceral and emotional power, she takes us inside her own desperate attempts to counteract 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 marriagewhere bipolar always beckonsis at the center of this brave and heart-stopping memoir.

Millions of people in America today are struggling with a variety of disorders that may disguise their bipolar disease. Marya Hornbacher's fiercely self-aware portrait revolutionizes our understanding of this all-too-common, all-too-misunderstood disorder.

Synopsis:

In her trademark wry and self-revealing voice, the bestselling author of "Wasted" tells her story of being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and takes readers inside her own desperate attempts to control her violently careening mood swings.

About the Author

Marya Hornbacher is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated national bestseller Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, a book that remains an intensely read classic, and the acclaimed novel The Center of Winter. An award-winning journalist, she lectures nationally on writing and mental health and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780547237800
Subtitle:
A Bipolar Life
Author:
Hornbacher, Marya
Publisher:
Mariner Books
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
Specific Groups - Special Needs
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Specific Groups - General
Subject:
Mental Illness
Subject:
Psychopathology - Bipolar Disorder
Subject:
BIO026000
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
April 2009
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
299
Dimensions:
790x520x70 65

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