An Memoir of Love and Madness
Living with Bipolar Disorder
Seiten
2009
Oshun Books (Verlag)
978-1-77020-025-8 (ISBN)
Oshun Books (Verlag)
978-1-77020-025-8 (ISBN)
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Chronicles the author's efforts to come to terms with bipolar disorder. This book recounts her upbringing in an eccentric, loving Jewish family, her struggle with bulimia, anorexia and self-mutilation, her attempts at suicide, finding true love and, finally, the 'crazy, utterly unpredictable experience of giving birth to triplets'.
In 1992, Rahla Xenopoulos was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Despite the devastating diagnosis, she sought education on her affliction. Although she found an abundance of literature on various mental illnesses, none of it seemed applicable to her. This situation inspired her to write a book chronicling her ongoing efforts to come to terms with a disease that is, in effect, a life sentence. The book recounts her upbringing in an eccentric, loving Jewish family, her struggle with bulimia, anorexia and self-mutilation, her attempts at suicide, finding true love and, finally, the 'crazy, utterly unpredictable experience of giving birth to triplets'. This is neither a self-help book nor a medical guide. Reading this book will not cure anyone; bipolar disorder is a chronic illness. But it did help Rahla - as it will countless others - 'to understand the rhythm in the cacophony of this condition'.
In 1992, Rahla Xenopoulos was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Despite the devastating diagnosis, she sought education on her affliction. Although she found an abundance of literature on various mental illnesses, none of it seemed applicable to her. This situation inspired her to write a book chronicling her ongoing efforts to come to terms with a disease that is, in effect, a life sentence. The book recounts her upbringing in an eccentric, loving Jewish family, her struggle with bulimia, anorexia and self-mutilation, her attempts at suicide, finding true love and, finally, the 'crazy, utterly unpredictable experience of giving birth to triplets'. This is neither a self-help book nor a medical guide. Reading this book will not cure anyone; bipolar disorder is a chronic illness. But it did help Rahla - as it will countless others - 'to understand the rhythm in the cacophony of this condition'.
Rahla is a high school dropout who spent the first few years of her life underachieving on an epic scale. She flitted from dancing, teaching and counselling to working in a laundromat and as a barmaid, a shop girl and a corporate wife. In 2002 she started writing, and has had short stories published in Women Flashing, Twist and Just Keep Breathing. She has also published short stories in Glamour and O magazines. Her story, 'Child, Hold My Hand', was chosen as one of O Magazine's top 10 stories of 2008.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.11.2009 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 150 x 230 mm |
Gewicht | 270 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren | |
ISBN-10 | 1-77020-025-8 / 1770200258 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-77020-025-8 / 9781770200258 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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