Manic: a memoir - terri cheney

In the tradition of Girl, Interrupted and An Unquiet Mind comes this heartbreaking, beautifully written memoir of one womans experience with bipolar disorder.

An attractive, highly successful Beverly Hills entertainment lawyer, Terri Cheney had been battling debilitating bipolar disorder for the better part of her life--and concealing a pharmacys worth of prescription drugs meant to stabilize her moods and make her normal.

In explosive bursts of prose that mirror the devastating mania and extreme despair of her illness, Cheney describes her roller-coaster existence with shocking honesty, giving brilliant voice to the previously unarticulated madness she endured.

Brave, electrifying, poignant, and disturbing, Manic does not simply explain bipolar disorder--it takes us into its grasp and does not let go.