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The dark side of innocence The dark side of innocence Terri Cheney From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Manic: A Memoir" comes a gripping and eloquent account of the awakening and unfolding of Cheney's bipolar disorder. OL16011465W
The rules of the tunnel The rules of the tunnel Ned Zeman "A journalist faces his toughest assignment yet: profiling himself. Zeman recounts his struggle with clinical depression in this high- octane, brutally funny memoir about mood disorders, memory, shoc… OL16214852W
Wichita Wichita Thad Ziolkowski Lewis Chopik has just graduated from Columbia University. Having been dumped by his girlfriend and in flight from the pressures exerted by his ambitious professor father, Lewis returns to Wichita in … OL17670739W
His Bright Light His Bright Light Danielle Steel Danielle Steel's moving personal story of the son she lost to manic depression.This is the story of an extraordinary boy with a brilliant mind, a heart of gold and a tortured soul.'From the day he wa… OL19709W
Birth of a new brain Birth of a new brain Dyane Harwood "After the birth of her baby triggers a manic maelstrom, Dyane Harwood struggles to survive the bewildering highs and crippling lows of her brain's turmoil. Birth of a New Brain vividly depicts her p… OL19723565W
Mental Mental Jaime Lowe "A riveting memoir and a fascinating investigation of the history, uses, and controversies behind lithium, an essential medication for millions of people struggling with bipolar disorder, stemming fr… OL19723949W
Heart berries Heart berries Terese Marie Mailhot "Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to… OL19732405W
He wanted the moon He wanted the moon Mimi Baird The author pieces together the story of her absent father's life, beginning with his advancements in isolating the biochemical root of manic depression, which he then began to suffer from himself, le… OL19994915W
All the things we never knew All the things we never knew Hamilton, Sheila (Journalist) "Even as a reporter, Sheila Hamilton missed the signs as her husband David's mental illness unfolded before her. By the time she had pieced together the puzzle, it was too late. Her once brilliant, i… OL20010311W
Liar Liar Rob Roberge "A darkly funny, intense memoir about mental illness, memory and storytelling, from an acclaimed novelist. When Rob Roberge learns that he's likely to have developed a progressive memory-eroding dise… OL20018757W
Robert Lowell Robert Lowell Kay R. Jamison "The best-selling author of An Unquiet Mind now gives us a groundbreaking life of one of the major American poets of the twentieth century that is at the same time a fascinating study of the relation… OL20047475W
A Beginner's Guide to Losing Your Mind A Beginner's Guide to Losing Your Mind Emily Reynolds 230 pages ; 24 cm OL20223147W
Life is like a line Life is like a line Cynthia M. Sabotka Presents one woman's determined effort to break the cycle of mental illness that has plagued her family for generations OL24106830W
Keep it blue Keep it blue Haley Dean "She has the only color in this gray world, but she hides it in a tissue in her pocket. Is it worth it to embrace the madness and release the kaleidoscopic dawn? Or float through life in a bliss of b… OL26434616W
Through the withering storm Through the withering storm Leif Gregersen Leif Gregersen's memoir of his experiences with bipolar disorder. OL27013163W
Beautiful bipolar bisexual Beautiful bipolar bisexual Maricela Estrada "Beautiful Bipolor Bisexual is an inspirational story about a woman living with bipolar disorder and the challenges she faces when she comes out of the closet."--Page 4 of cover. OL27014144W
En libre équilibre En libre équilibre Margaret Trudeau "Dans cette autobiographie, Margaret Trudeau parle avec candeur de la maladie qui a silencieusement façonné sa vie tumultueuse. En proie dès l'enfance à de fréquentes sautes d'humeur, Margaret était … OL28587223W
Hope and recovery Hope and recovery Emma Lou Thayne Becky Thayne and her mother alternate in describing how Becky suffered as a young woman from manic depression, anorexia, and bulimia and how she eventually recovered. OL4097187W
Skywriting Skywriting Jane Pauley "Truth arrives in microscopic increments, and when enough has accumulated--in a moment of recognition, you just know. You know because the truth fits. I was the only member of my family to lack the g… OL5731060W
Electroboy Electroboy Andy Behrman "Electroboy is an emotionally frenzied memoir that reveals with kaleidoscopic intensity the terrifying world of manic depression. For years Andy Behrman hid his raging mania behind a larger-than-life… OL7977002W
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