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Hornbacher's fiercely self-aware portrait of bipolar, starting as early as age four, will surely powerfully change the current debate over whether bipolar can begin in childhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough scenes of astonishing visceral and emotional power, she takes us inside her own desperate attempts to counteract violently careening mood swings. How Hornbacher fights her way up from a madness that all but destroys her, and what it is like to live in a difficult and sometimes beautiful life and marriage--where bipolar always beckons--is at the center of this brave and heart-stopping memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHornbacher is a virtuoso writer. - \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhen Marya Hornbacher publisheda nationally bestselling memoir of her battle with anorexia and bulimia she had no idea that there was a piece of shattering knowledge that wouold finally make sense of the chaos of her life.Her struggles withmental illness, andthe story she would have to tell about them, were far from over.At twenty-four, Hornbacher was diagnosed with Type I rapid-cycle bipolar disorder, the most severe form. In \u003ci\u003eMadness\u003c\/i\u003e, she detailsher fight back fromthe disease that nearly destroyed her.Tracing the history of her illness, she shows how bipolar can spawn a number of other conditions, including eating disorders, substance abuse, promiscuity, and self-mutilation. Like Hornbacher, many of us suffer from these never knowing that they are related tobipolar, that there is a larger cause for our particular pain. Now, in this brave, heart-stopping, beautifully written memoir Marya Hornbacher offers a challenge to the perception of bipolar in America.\u003ci\u003eMadness\u003c\/i\u003e is an incredibleportraitof a difficult, sometimes beautiful life.\"With the same intimately revelatory and shocking emotional power that marked \u003ci\u003e[Wasted\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e Hornbacher guides us through her labyrinth of psychological demons.\" --\u003ci\u003eElle \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hooks readers from the start .... 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