Exuberance

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(42 42 42 1)>A poignant story about living with a mental health condition offering insight and hope.</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(42 42 42 1)>Anne Buist co-author of bestselling novel <em>The Glass House </em>& Chair of Women's Health University of Melbourne</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(42 42 42 1)>​As Sydney gears up for the 2000 Olympics Angelica Fletcher is ready to rewrite her life.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(42 42 42 1)>Dissatisfied with her conventional existence she conjures up a feisty alter ego called Elena. But as Elena grows beyond Angie's control the line between reality and imagination blurs sending shockwaves through those around her.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(42 42 42 1)>Angie's husband Jimmy scrambles to keep up with her boundless exuberance. Her friend Sinéad is drawn to her spark unaware of the darkness beneath. And for her mother Norah Angie's wild antics stir up long-buried ghosts.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(42 42 42 1)>Angie is making the most of her borrowed life but how long can this last before she realises what Elena represents?</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(42 42 42 1)>With intelligence and sensitivity this award-winning novel explores the complexities of living with a mental health condition the transformative power of healing and the need for balance and authenticity in our lives.</span></p>