Hurry down sunshine : a father's story of love and madness / Michael Greenberg.
By: Greenberg, Michael [author.].
Manufacturer: New York : Other Press, ©2018Description: 239 pages ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781590519813 (paperback : alk. paper).Subject(s): Manic-depressive illness in adolescence -- Patients -- New York (State) -- New York | Parents of mentally ill children | Bipolar Disorder | Parent-Child Relations | Adolescent Psychiatry | New York CityGenre/Form: Personal Narratives | Print books.Summary: "This international bestseller is an extraordinary family story and an exceptionally powerful memoir about coping with bipolar disorder, now with a new afterword for the ten-year anniversary edition. Michael Greenberg recounts in vivid detail the remarkable summer when, at the age of fifteen, his daughter was struck mad. It begins with Sally's sudden visionary crack-up on the streets of Greenwich Village, and continues, among other places, in the out-of-time world of a Manhattan psychiatric ward during the city's sweltering summer. It is a tale of a family broken open, then painstakingly, movingly stitched together again. Greenberg's unforgettable cast of characters includes an unconventional psychiatrist, an Orthodox Jewish patient, a manic Classics professor, a movie producer, and a landlord with literary aspirations. Unsentimental, nuanced, and deeply humane, Hurry Down Sunshine is essential reading in the literature of affliction with such classics as Girl, Interrupted and An Unquiet Mind"--Provided by publisher.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| RC516 .B57 2016 The bipolar book : history, neurobiology, and treatment / | RC516 .B76 2014 Living with bipolar disorder : a handbook for patients and their families / | RC516 .F67 2018 Rock steady : brilliant advice from my bipolar life / | RC516 .G74 2018 Hurry down sunshine : a father's story of love and madness / | RC516 .G77 2016 Tristimania : a diary of manic depression / | RC516 .H43 2008 Mania : a short history of bipolar disorder / | RC516 .L72 2017 Mental : lithium, love, and losing my mind / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This international bestseller is an extraordinary family story and an exceptionally powerful memoir about coping with bipolar disorder, now with a new afterword for the ten-year anniversary edition. Michael Greenberg recounts in vivid detail the remarkable summer when, at the age of fifteen, his daughter was struck mad. It begins with Sally's sudden visionary crack-up on the streets of Greenwich Village, and continues, among other places, in the out-of-time world of a Manhattan psychiatric ward during the city's sweltering summer. It is a tale of a family broken open, then painstakingly, movingly stitched together again. Greenberg's unforgettable cast of characters includes an unconventional psychiatrist, an Orthodox Jewish patient, a manic Classics professor, a movie producer, and a landlord with literary aspirations. Unsentimental, nuanced, and deeply humane, Hurry Down Sunshine is essential reading in the literature of affliction with such classics as Girl, Interrupted and An Unquiet Mind"--Provided by publisher.