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"I didn't tell anyone that I was going to Santa Fe to kill myself."
On the outside, Terri Cheney was a highly successful, attractive Beverly Hills entertainment lawyer. But behind her seemingly flawless façade lay a dangerous secret?for the better part of her life Cheney had been battling debilitating bipolar disorder and concealing a pharmacy's worth of prescriptions meant to stabilize her moods and make her "normal."
In bursts of prose that mirror the devastating highs and extreme lows of her illness, Cheney describes her roller-coaster life with shocking honesty?from glamorous parties to a night in jail; from flying fourteen kites off the edge of a cliff in a thunderstorm to crying beneath her office desk; from electroshock therapy to a suicide attempt fueled by tequila and prescription painkillers.
With Manic, Cheney gives voice to the unarticulated madness she endured. The clinical terms used to describe her illness were so inadequate that she chose to focus instead on her own experience, in her words, "on what bipolar disorder felt like inside my own body." Here the events unfold episodically, from mood to mood, the way she lived and remembers life. In this way the reader is able to viscerally experience the incredible speeding highs of mania and the crushing blows of depression, just as Cheney did. Manic does not simply explain bipolar disorder?it takes us in its grasp and does not let go.
In the tradition of Darkness Visible and An Unquiet Mind, Manic is Girl, Interrupted with the girl all grown up. This harrowing yet hopeful book is more than just a searing insider's account of what it's really like to live with bipolar disorder. It is a testament to the sharp beauty of a life lived in extremes.
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Unflinching first-person account of mania -  |
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Terri Cheney provides a raw, unflinching account of her mental illness, specifically the manic states of her bipolar disorder. Told in brief, non-chronological order chapters, the memoir mimics the unpredictability and jarring nature of mania, leaving the reader slightly unmoored.
One of Cheney's stated goals is to reduce the stigma of mental illness. She illustrates the lengths that those suffering from mental illness go to in order to hide their disease from colleagues, friends, and strangers. She also shows that once she shares her "secret" she finds more support and understanding than she expected. More factual information about bipolar disorder would have been nice. Placing Cheney's illness and behavior in context and along a continuum would have been more educational. As a memoir, this book provided good insight into Cheney's most extreme episodes and behaviors. However, readers should not assume that Cheney's experience is typical of all manic depressives. A disclaimer to this fact would have been appreciated. |
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I really didn't think this was very informative, certainly not a "must-read". As a person afflicted with this disorder myself, I don't think the author's descriptions were too accurate. The author even admits that the events included in the book are out of order (understandable with this disorder), but I think it makes it very hard to follow. Pass this one up. If you're looking for an excellent first-person account of bipolar disorder, I highly recommend Madness: A Bipolar Life |
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Terri Cheney attempts to give an accurate picture of what it's like living with bipolar disorder by telling her story in disjointed fragments. The stories are not chronological and often being thrown into them is disorienting -- much like I imagine having bipolar disorder itself is.
Manic may accurately tell what it's like to live under this all-encompassing mental illness, but that doesn't mean it's particularly good for the reader. It left me feeling disjointed -- and not in a good way. Cheney comes off as deeply unlikable (a common problem that afflicts sufferers), even to her readers. It's one thing to tell the reader that you are unlikable (maybe even make them dislike you to some extent), but if you do it enough, well, the reader just stops reading. If you're interested in a first person narrative regarding bipolar disorder, try picking up Madness: A Bipolar Life by Marya Hornbacher. |
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I haven't had a chance to read the book yet, but I have a daughter that is manic so I am sure I will get much out of reading the book.
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The tragedy in this book is not so much the authors illness, it is the fact with her available resources she did not really receive the help she needed and has become another societal burden. Perhaps there wasn't enough room in her treatment for her ego and the doctors who tried to help her. I feel yucked all over for even spending valuable time reading this book. The only reason I kept reading was to see if she actually ever figured out life is a gift but then I got it loud and clear, narcissits are THE gift. |
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