351 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781401309442
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 01 August 2008
Description
A much-praised memoir of living and surviving mental illness as well as "a stereotype-shattering look at a tenacious woman whose brain is her best friend and her worst enemy" (Time). Elyn R. Saks is an esteemed professor, lawyer, and psychiatris...
Community Reviews Summary of 1,081 reviews
Moods
informative 80%
reflective 59%
challenging 43%
inspiring 42%
hopeful 40%
dark 32%
sad 23%
tense 10%
funny 4%
adventurous 1%
mysterious 1%
Pace
slow 21%
fast 8%
Average rating
Content Warnings
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Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Forced institutionalizationModerate
Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, CancerMinor
Infertility, Murder, Ableism
351 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781401309442
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 01 August 2008
Description
A much-praised memoir of living and surviving mental illness as well as "a stereotype-shattering look at a tenacious woman whose brain is her best friend and her worst enemy" (Time). Elyn R. Saks is an esteemed professor, lawyer, and psychiatris...
Community Reviews Summary of 1,081 reviews
Moods
informative 80%
reflective 59%
challenging 43%
inspiring 42%
hopeful 40%
dark 32%
sad 23%
tense 10%
funny 4%
adventurous 1%
mysterious 1%
Pace
slow 21%
fast 8%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Forced institutionalizationModerate
Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, CancerMinor
Infertility, Murder, Ableism