Sharp

<p>David Fitzpatrick's <em>Sharp</em> is an extraordinary memoir--a fascinating disturbing look into the mind of a man who in his early 20s began cutting himself due to a severe mental illness. A beautifully written treatment of a powerful subject Fitzpatrick--whose symptoms included extreme depression and self-mutilation--writes movingly and honestly about his affliction and inspires readers with his courage joining the literary ranks of Terri Cheney (<em>Manic</em>) Augusten Burroughs (<em>Running with Scissors</em>) Marya Hornbacher (<em>Wasted</em>) and Susanna Kaysen (<em>Girl Interrupted</em>).</p><p>A harrowing journey from self-destructive psychosis to a cautious re-emergence into the flickering sunshine of the sane world....Fitzpatrick writes about mental illness with the unsparing intensity of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton but also with the hard-won self-knowledge of William Styron Kay Jamison and other chroniclers of disease recovery and management.... A must read remarkably told.<br />--Wally Lamb author of <em>I Know This Much is True</em></p>