It stands alone in the literature of manic depression for its bravery, brilliance and beauty -- Oliver Sacks Affecting, honest, touching -- Will Self An invaluable memoir of manic depression, at once medically knowledgeable, deeply human and beautifully written . . . Unashamedly honest * The New York Times Book Review * Rises to the poetic and has a mystical touch . . . a courageous and fascinating book, a moving account of the life of a remarkable woman * The Daily Telegraph * Jamison's [ strength] is the gutsy way she has made her disease her life's work and in her brilliant ability to convey its joys and its anguish . . . Extraordinary * The Washington Post * Harrowing reading but the writer has the wit and the soul of a poet * The Economist * A fiery, passionate, authentic account of the devastation and exaltation, the blindness and illumination of the psychotic experience * The Sunday Times *
