Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So

Download or Read eBook Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So PDF written by Mark Vonnegut, M.D. and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So
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Publisher : Delacorte Press
Total Pages : 226
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ISBN-10 : 9780440339779
ISBN-13 : 0440339774
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So by : Mark Vonnegut, M.D.

Book excerpt: More than thirty years after the publication of his acclaimed memoir The Eden Express, Mark Vonnegut continues his story in this searingly funny, iconoclastic account of coping with mental illness, finding his calling, and learning that willpower isn’t nearly enough. Here is Mark’s life childhood as the son of a struggling writer, as well as the world after Mark was released from a mental hospital. At the late age of twenty-eight and after nineteen rejections, he is finally accepted to Harvard Medical School, where he gains purpose, a life, and some control over his condition. There are the manic episodes, during which he felt burdened with saving the world, juxtaposed against the real-world responsibilities of running a pediatric practice. Ultimately a tribute to the small, daily, and positive parts of a life interrupted by bipolar disorder, Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So is a wise, unsentimental, and inspiring book that will resonate with generations of readers.


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