Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So

<p>More than thirty years after the publication of his acclaimed memoir <i>The Eden Express,</i> 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. <br><br>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.<br><br>Ultimately a tribute to the small, daily, and positive parts of a life interrupted by bipolar disorder, <i>Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So </i>is a wise, unsentimental, and inspiring book that will resonate with generations of readers.</p> <p>More than thirty years after the publication of his acclaimed memoir <i>The Eden Express,</i> 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. <br><br>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.<br><br>Ultimately a tribute to the small, daily, and positive parts of a life interrupted by bipolar disorder, <i>Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So </i>is a wise, unsentimental, and inspiring book that will resonate with generations of readers.</p>