Manic: A Memoir, (Paperback)

from dickmanikowski

Very interesting memoir of a woman with bipolar disorder. I've read other memoirs of depressives, but this may be the first one I've read that goes into the mindset of a person in a manic phase. Really terrifying. I've seen close up depression in its depths. While that's a dismal state, it strike...

from sherbear917

Manic takes its readers on a journey through the treacherous bouts of mania and the bleak depths of depression. Terri Cheney is a prime example of how mental illness and tragedy can afflict even the brightest, most educated, wealthy and above all pristine looking individuals. As a powerful and re...

from tommiescoggins

Terri Cheney is one of my favorite authors. She shares her most personal emotions while dealing with bi-polar disorder. Having the disease myself, she confidentaly has shown that even the worst episodes can be overcome, which encourages me I am so glad she finally has stability in her life.

from justmelissa

Terri Cheney provides a raw, unflinching account of her mental illness, specifically the manic states of her bipolar disorder. Told in brief, non-chronological order chapters, the memoir mimics the unpredictability and jarring nature of mania, leaving the reader slightly unmoored. One of Cheney's...

from coolmama

Join Terri Cheney in her bouts of manic-depression. Fly with her when she is manic, and flirts with the partners of her best friends; shop with her when she cleans out her savings accounts; when ever cell of her body is on fire; and then when she decends into hell and join her in her many suicide...