The Eden Express : A Memoir of Insanity (CD-Audio)

from otman

A fascinating treatment of mental illness, which happened to be that of the author. I had the opportunity to spend some time with Dr. Vonnegut who did a rotation at the clinic I worked at. I remember him as a solid individual, and I have no doubt that he became an excellent pediatrician.

from danconsiglio

Very scary, very visceral description of Vonnegut's struggles w/ schizophrenia. I feel a little guilty about being so entertained by someone else's suffering, but this is why Behind the Music is so successful. Mark's writing deals much more w/ internal action than his dad's. He spends a lot of ti...

from bell7

Mark Vonnegut, son of the famous writer and self-described hippie, recounts his experience after college of starting a hippie commune in Vancouver and having a mental breakdown, for which he is eventually hospitalized. I would never have heard of this book except that it turned up on my library b...

from lemuel

A favorite from college when I was a psychology major, I recently re-read the book having long ago switched to another field. The book is still good though. For me it covers two interesting topics: communes and insanity. I was old enough at the time to think hippies were cool but not old enough t...

from bensdad00

An insightful look into the mind of a man coping with his own crumbling mental faculties and his attempts to control his slide into madness during a turbulent period of American history.