Sub-title: A mostly funny memoir of mental illness & making things
The successful author of Adulting spills all about her struggles with bipolar disorder and a very bad year where she gets divorced, her father is diagnosed with cancer and she breaks both arms. A tough read and brave recounting of the impact of mental illness.
The author explains how simple crafts helped her through the struggles and illuminates the reality of living with the condition. Funny and moving book.
Quotes:
"It would be great (both narratively and, um, for my life) if there were some fixed finish line [to mental health illness]. And I had crossed it. And now I was Better, Forever, and You Could Be, Too. This is not the nature of anything, though. There is not a beginning, a middle, and an end. It's a constand coaxing, reinforced with boundaries and medication. ..."It is patiently asking myself the same questions: 'Can you do anything about his right now? Should you?"
"[On losing her girlfriends] Someone on Reddit once said that when you break up with someone, you lose the language you've cultivated just between yourselves."
Published: 2021 Read: January 2022 Genre: Memoir
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