Hurry down sunshine

By Michael Greenberg

Subjects: Patients, Mentally ill children, Adolescent psychology, Biographies & Memoirs -- Memoirs, Parents of mentally ill children, Parents of children with disabilities, New York Times reviewed, Manic-depressive illness, Bipolar disorder in adolescence

Description: Touching, memorable and unsentimental, 'Hurry Down Sunshine' is partly an insightful exploration of what mental illness has come to mean in our culture, and partly a moving memoir about how one family learns to cope with the prejudice and uncertainty that faces those affected by it.