A review by lorink
Madness: A Bipolar Life by Marya Hornbacher

4.0

Like Wasted, this is a compelling, if frequently disturbing, look at a difficult subject. After struggling with terrible eating disorders for most of her life, Hornbacher realized that they were in fact caused by an even greater underlying problem: she has the most severe form of bipolar disorder it is possible to have. Having gone untreated for so long, it proved resistant to medication, and she was plagued by repeated bouts of madness after Wasted was published.

In Madness, she takes an unflinching, but ultimately hopeful look at her condition, and in the process gives what must be one of the clearest descriptions of madness ever written.

Note for the squeamish: the book starts on a particularly gruesome note, but really does get easier to read.