Bipolar disorder defies easy treatment each individual patient must become their own guinea pig to discover the balance of medication and lifestyle therapies that will allow him or her to achieve long-term stability. From the very first page, Forney allows us to see sensation - to inhabit, as closely as possible, her bipolar world, from its manic, exhilarating highs to its oceanic, debilitating lows. Every time the needle traces a line, Forney writes, she can "see the sensation - a bright white light, an electrical charge." Those opening words are a perfect description of her book.
Marbles, cartoonist Ellen Forney's excellent graphic memoir about being bipolar, opens with her in the middle of a 5 1/2-hour session in a tattoo parlor. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. If not commendable.Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Marbles Subtitle Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, & Me Author Ellen Forney That said, the mere fact that such a fundamental issue as mental health can be addressed in a comedic, yet profoundly engaging way, is in itself, somewhat inventive.
Such Americanization – such as the spelling of this previous word with a ‘z’ – isn’t necessarily be a bad thing it just takes a little bit of getting used to for one who (has not only worked in Mental Health) but reads with a vision that is fundamentally European if not British/English. A glimpse of the dazzling network of connections that bind the universe. It felt like an intense cross-cultural moment, perfect & profound. ”Dedicated with immense gratitude” to her ”mother and psychiatrist,” these nine chapters, are, it has to be said, very American in both tonal quality and outlook: ”I gave one of my drawings to a non-English speaking local in a second-hand shop (we were simultaneously eying the same handmade skirt & she let me have it). Lifelong cartoonist – who collaborated on the National Book Award-winning The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian and created the Eisener Award-nominated comic books I Love Led Zeppelin and Monkey Food: The Complete ‘I Was Seven in ’75’ Collection – has herein compiled a brutally honest cross between a memoir and an altogether incisive study of mental illness.Īs written in the New York Times Book Review: ”Forney’s greatest strength as a cartoonist is her gift for explanation – getting information across with vigour, wit and visual inventiveness.” Marbles – Mania, Depression, Michelangelo & Meticks all these boxes and (perhaps) a whole lot more besides. Of being informative, whilst at the same time, quasi-comedic and entertaining. It’s not often one stumbles upon a book about mental illness that is capable Marbles – Mania, Depression, Michelangelo & Me
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