A literary memoir evoking a first-hand experience of manic depression and the painful road to recovery.
Jay Griffiths is the author of many books, such as Wild- An Elemental Journey, Kith- The Riddle of the Childscape, Tristimania and Pip Pip- A Sideways Look at Time. She won the Discover award for the best first-time author in the USA; the inaugural Orion award and the Hay Festival International Fellowship. She has broadcast and written widely, on subjects such as Radiohead and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her work has received widespread accolades, including from Gary Snyder, Barry Lopez, Don Paterson, John Berger, Philip Pullman, KT Tunstall and Nikolai Fraiture.
Publisher's description. A stark and lyrical memoir of the steep
descent into madness and the slow, agonizing recovery that follows.
In 2013, Jay Griffiths suffered a devastating year-long episode of
hypomania and extreme depression. Tristimania is the extraordinary,
brave and painfully honest account of that year.
*Penguin*
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