A review by caryart
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia de Rossi

4.0

I really admire Portia de Rossi for writing this. She tells the story from the perspective of what it actually feels like living with mental illness, rather than in retrospect. (i.e., instead of "I thought I looked fat," "I had inches of fat surrounding my midsection").

At times it was hard to read because of the damage she was doing to herself. The upside was knowing that in the memoirs genre it usually gets better at the end, and since she's a public figure I already knew she would come out, meet Ellen and be happily ever after at some point.

I have never watched Ali McBeal, though I'm a huge Arrested Development fan, so before this I didn't know she had been so sick, but wow -- way to go, Portia. She's strong, smart, honest.