A review by kirstenrose22
The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness by Elyn R. Saks

4.0

Saks just won a MacArthur genius grant, and the description of her was so intriguing that I tracked down her book. This is a lucid well-written memoir of her life as a schizophrenic, and was absolutely fascinating. She somehow fights past (through?) her demons enough to become a law professor. I often find that memoirs falter in the last half (or last third, depending), but this book remains strong right up to the end. Riveting.