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NONFICTION
Released: March 13, 2012
BETTER THAN NORMAL: HOW WHAT MAKES YOU DIFFERENT CAN MAKE YOU EXCEPTIONAL
by Dale Archer
"Optimistic and creatively inspired assessments that occasionally overreach."
A psychiatrist and CNN regular examines commonly held notions of mental-health disorders and their potentials for "normalcy." Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: March 6, 2012
LOSING CLEMENTINE
by Ashley Ream

A successful, bipolar artist decides to live it up for 30 days before ending her own life. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: July 1, 2011
Kirkus Star TURN OF MIND
by Alice LaPlante
"A haunting story masterfully told."
LaPlante's literary novel explores uncharted territory, imagining herself into a mind, one slipping, fading, spinning away from her protagonist, a woman who may have murdered her best friend. Dr. Jennifer White lives in the dark, shadowy forest of forgetfulness. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: March 1, 2011
THE DARK SIDE OF INNOCENCE: GROWING UP BIPOLAR
by Terri Cheney
"A compelling coming-of-age follow-up to Manic."
Cheney (Manic: A Memoir, 2008) writes with brutal honesty about her tumultuous childhood trapped in the clutches of the "Black Beast"--her metaphor for the out-of-control emotional states she now recognizes as early-childhood bipolar disorder. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 2009
STILL ALICE
by Lisa Genova
"Worthy, benign and readable, but not always lifelike."
First novel efficiently showcases the experience of developing early-onset Alzheimer's. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2008
HURRY DOWN SUNSHINE: A MEMOIR
by Michael Greenberg
"Bears enlightening and articulate witness to the sheer force of an oft-misunderstood disease."
Times Literary Supplement columnist Greenberg chronicles his 15-year-old daughter Sally's manic breakdown in vivid yet surprisingly detached prose. Read full book review >