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Florida

Nest and Q walk through the city. Nest speaks and Q listens. Mile by mile, Nest tells Q about her life, her family, her past . . . and her Chimaera, the beast that preys on her mind and causes her to lose herself. Q knows only that his love for Nest runs deeper than the demon that plagues her thoughts, that he loves her in spite of-or perhaps because of-the personal battle she fights every day.

A beautifully-written, haunting story.

Praise forTen Miles One Way-

Ten Miles One Way

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Karen Fortunati

California

"Hope survives where you least expect it"--Front cover.

The Weight of Zero

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Vivian Green

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Texas

Personal Trauma and the Fate of Nations

"'Prithee, nuncle,' the fool asks King Lear, 'tell me whether a madman be a gentleman or a yeoman?' 'A king,' Lear replies, 'a king!'" "A remarkable number of rulers throughout Europe have at various points in their lives been considered 'mad'. This unique and pioneering study traces the connections between madness and kingship from the early centuries of the Christian era to modern times. This provides, on the one hand, a fascinating analysis of the ways in which madness, interpreted broadly, has affected rulers in the past as well as dictators in the present and, on the other, an assessment of the impact that this has made on the peoples under their authority. The author cites examples ranging from the 'bewitched' Charles VI of France, whose fragility of mind was such that be believed for a time that he was made of glass and might break, to George III, whose 'peculiarity of constitution' baffled contemporaries; according to The London Chronicle, his illness 'was owing solely to his drinking the waters of Cheltenham'." "King Ludwig II of Bavaria, the patron of Richard Wagner, was deposed on the basis of a medical report that pronounced the king to be 'in a very advanced state of insanity' which made him 'incapable of exercising government'. This is a theme that recurs throughout the book and leads the author to argue that mental health has played a determinant part in the making of history. The horrific manner in which this has been seen to take place in the twentieth century underlies the importance of this challenging and thought-provoking study to our understanding not only of history but also of contemporary politics." "King Ludwig's medical report concluded: 'Gripped by the illusion that he holds absolute power in abundance . . . he stands like a blind man without a guide at the edge of an abyss.' In Shakespeare's King Lear blindness provided a means of insight. For the first time this volume offers an analysis of the actual consequences of the 'mad king' in the history of Europe."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Madness of Kings

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Never been read. #nonfiction #biography #autobiography #hardcover #mentalillness #memoir #adultnonfiction #comedy  #furiouslyhappy #humor 

New York

A Funny Book About Horrible Things

"Jenny made me laugh so hard I feared for my safety! I think that's how she was able to get past my defenses and make me feel more okay about myself." -Allie Brosh, author ofHyperbole and a Half For fans of David Sedaris, Tina Fey, and Mindy Kaling-the new book from Jenny Lawson, author of the #1New York Times bestseller LET'S PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED... In LET'S PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED, Jenny Lawson baffled readers with stories about growing up the daughter of a taxidermist. In her new book,FURIOUSLY HAPPY, Jenny explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds like a terrible idea. And terrible ideas are what Jenny does best. According to Jenny: "Some people might think that being 'furiously happy' is just an excuse to be stupid and irresponsible and invite a herd of kangaroos over to your house without telling your husband first because you suspect he would say no since he's never particularly liked kangaroos. And that would be ridiculous because no one would invitea herd of kangaroos into their house. Two is the limit. I speak from personal experience. My husband says thatnone is the new limit. I say he should have been clearer about that before I rented all those kangaroos." "Most of my favorite people are dangerously fucked-up but you'd never guess because we've learned to bare it so honestly that it becomes the new normal. Like John Hughes wrote inThe Breakfast Club, 'We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it.' Except go back and cross out the word 'hiding.'" Jenny's first book, LET'S PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED, was ostensibly about family, but deep down it was about celebrating your own weirdness.FURIOUSLY HAPPY is a book about mental illness, but under the surface it's about embracing joy in fantastic and outrageous ways-and who doesn't need a bit more of that?

Furiously Happy

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#hardcover #brain-damage #theatre #Shakespeare #mental-illness 

Minnesota

"After waking up in the hospital, Jaye returns to school to discover a mysteriously familiar boy in her class and the trappings of Shakespeare's plays all around her"--

Dreamers Often Lie

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#hardcover #nonfiction #mentalillness Ex library book 

West Virginia

According to a major health survey, nearly half of all Americans have been mentally ill at some point in their lives more than a quarter in the last year. Can this be true? What exactly does it mean, anyway? What s a disorder, and what s just a struggle with real life?

This lucid and incisive book cuts through both professional jargon and polemical hot air, to describe the intense political and intellectual struggles over what counts as a real disorder, and what goes into the DSM, the psychiatric bible. Is schizophrenia a disorder? Absolutely. Is homosexuality? It was till gay rights activists drove it out of the DSM a generation ago. What about new and controversial diagnoses? Is social anxiety disorder a way of saying that it s sick to be shy, or female sexual arousal disorder that it s sick to be tired?

An advisor to the DSM, but also a fierce critic of exaggerated overuse, McNally defends the careful approach of describing disorders by patterns of symptoms that can be seen, and illustrates how often the system medicalizes everyday emotional life.

Neuroscience, genetics, and evolutionary psychology may illuminate the biological bases of mental illness, but at this point, McNally argues, no science can draw a bright line between disorder and distress. In a pragmatic and humane conclusion, he offers questions for patients and professionals alike to help understand, and cope with, the sorrows and psychopathologies of everyday life. "

What Is Mental Illness?

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Sophie Kinsella

Fourteen-year-old Audrey is making slow but steady progress dealing with her anxiety disorder when Linus comes into the picture and her recovery gains momentum.

Finding Audrey

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#hardcover #fiction #youngadult #romance #ya #fanfiction #artwork #mentalillness 

Kansas

Eliza and Her Monsters

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Jenny Lawson

Tennessee

A Funny Book about Horrible Things

Kentucky

An Olympic Athlete's Battle with Mental Illness

From theNYTbestselling author ofThe Monopolists, the "fascinating" (People) story of Olympian Kevin Hall and the syndrome that makes him believe he stars in a television show of his life.

Meet Kevin Hall: brother, son, husband, father, and Olympic sailor. Kevin has an Ivy League degree, a winning smile, and throughout his adult life, he has been engaged in an ongoing battle with a person that doesn't exist to anyone but him: the Director. In the tradition of Kay Redfield Jamison'sAn Unquiet Mind, journalist andNYTbestselling author Mary Pilon'sThe Kevin Show reveals the many-sided struggle--of Kevin, his family, and the medical profession--to understand and treat a psychiatric disorder whose euphoric highs and creative ties to pop culture have become inextricable from Kevin's experience of himself.

Kevin suffers from what doctors are beginning to call the "Truman Show" delusion, a form of bipolar disorder named for the 1998 movie in which the main character realizes he is the star of a reality TV show. When the Director commands Kevin to do things, the results often lead to handcuffs, hospitalization, or both. Once he nearly drove a car into Boston Harbor. His girlfriend, now wife, was in the passenger seat.

Interweaving Kevin's perspective--including excerpts from his journals and sketches--with police reports, medical records, and interviews with those who were present at key moments in his life,The Kevin Show is a bracing, suspenseful, and eye-opening view of the role that mental health plays in a seemingly ordinary life.

The Kevin Show

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#hardcover #nonfiction #adult #humor #mentalillness #memoir #fiction #funny 

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Maryland

We Were Never Here

#hardcover #fiction #youngadult #romance #ya #fanfiction #mentalillness #artwork 

Michigan

Arizona

Growing up Bipolar

“Killing yourself at any age is a seriously tricky business. But when I was seven, the odds felt insurmountable.” As a young girl, Terri Cheney’s life looked perfect. Her family lived in a lovely house in a tranquil Los Angeles suburb where the geraniums never once failed to bloom. She was pretty and smart, an academic superstar and popular cheerleader whose father doted on her. But starting with her first suicide attempt at age seven, it was clear that her inner world was anything but perfect. “There’s something wrong with her,” her mother would whisper, her voice quivering on the edge of despair. And indeed there was, although no one had a name for it yet. Hostage to her roller-coaster moods, Terri veered from easy A-pluses to total paralysis, from bouts of obsessive hypersexuality to episodes of alcoholic abandon that nearly cost her her life. Throughout Terri’s chaotic early years, nothing was certain from day to day except this: whatever was so deeply wrong with her must be kept a secret. Thirty years later, Terri wrote Manic, a harrowing memoir that revealed her adult struggle with bipolar disorder. It became an instant New York Times bestseller and received passionate critical acclaim. But it didn’t tell the whole story. The mystery of Terri’s childhood remained untouched— too troubling, too painful to fathom. The Dark Side of Innocence explores those tumultuous formative years, finally shattering Terri’s well-guarded secret. With vivid intensity, it blends a pitch-perfect childlike voice with keen adult observation. The Dark Side of Innocence provides a heart-rending, groundbreaking insider’s look into the fascinating and frightening world of childhood bipolar disorder, an illness that affects a staggering one million children. This poignant and compelling story of Terri’s journey from disaster and despair to hope and survival will serve as an informative and eye-opening tale for those who would trust a flawless facade.

The Dark Side of Innocence

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#hardcover #selfhelp #psychology #mentalillness #therapy #educational #autobiography #memoir #nonfiction 

A Memoir of Cutting, Healing, and Hope

Silver Winner, 2008 Nautilus Book Awards, Memoir/Personal Growth category. When Vanessa Vega would feel the darkness begin to come over her, she would do anything, hoping to escape it. Take a hot bath. Read a book. Watch TV. Talk to a friend. But then, finally, unable to fight it any longer, she would give in, head into the bathroom... and cut. Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light is a disturbing yet ultimately redemptive and inspiring memoir of a young woman compelled to injure herself in an attempt to cope with her overwhelming feelings of anxiety in the only way she knew how. Though still unknown to many, this disorder affects an estimated one percent of the population... and is on the rise, especially among teens. This affecting, heartwrenching book follows author Vanessa Vega's progress as she climbs her way backto emotional health and rebuilds her life. Readers will go inside the mind of a cutter," taking the journey with her as she struggles against her exhausting and shameful secret ritual. As Vega faces the anger and insecurity that lead to each encounter - while working with a therapist to understand the real motivating factors behind her behavior - Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light reveals what brings many to this disorder... and what can lead them out. With stunning insight, Vega has written a moving first-person account of self-injury, struggle, and redemption. "

Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light

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#paperback #fiction #friends #ghosts #grief #loss #mentalillness #plottwist 

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Alabama

A teen starts hearing the same voices that drove her sister to commit suicide in this “atmospheric, paranormal chiller (that) will appeal to fans of Stephen King” (VOYA). The voices in her head are not her own... Everyone thinks Sophie’s sister, Nell, went crazy. After all, she heard strange voices that drove her to commit suicide. But Sophie doesn’t believe that Nell would take her own life, and she’s convinced that Nell’s doctor knows more than he’s letting on. As Sophie starts to piece together Nell’s last days, every lead ends in a web of lies. And the deeper Sophie digs, the more danger she’s in—because now she’s hearing the same haunting whispers. Sophie’s starting to think she’s going crazy too. Or worse, that maybe she’s not… “Heart-thumping.” —Kirkus Reviews “Satisfyingly disturbing.” —BCCB “The perfect mix of horror and psychological thriller. Jaw-dropping.” —Shelf Awareness

The Murmurings

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#paperback #poetry #arc #womanhood #mentalillness #culture 

Pennsylvania

Woman, Eat Me Whole - ARC

Ohio

Who Do You Trust When You Can’t Trust Yourself?

"Published in Great Britain by Penguin Children's in 2018."

The Truth and Lies of Ella Black

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Rachel M. Wilson

Step on a crack, break your mother's back, Touch another person's skin, and Dad's gone for good . . . Caddie has a history of magical thinking—of playing games in her head to cope with her surroundings—but it's never been this bad before. When her parents split up, Don't touch becomes Caddie's mantra. Maybe if she keeps from touching another person's skin, Dad will come home. She knows it doesn't make sense, but her games have never been logical. Soon, despite Alabama's humidity, she's covering every inch of her skin and wearing evening gloves to school. And that's where things get tricky. Even though Caddie's the new girl, it's hard to pass off her compulsions as artistic quirks. Friends notice things. Her drama class is all about interacting with her scene partners, especially Peter, who's auditioning for the role of Hamlet. Caddie desperately wants to play Ophelia, but if she does, she'll have to touch Peter . . . and kiss him. Part of Caddie would love nothing more than to kiss Peter—but the other part isn't sure she's brave enough to let herself fall. From rising star Rachel M. Wilson comes a powerful, moving debut novel of the friendship and love that are there for us, if only we'll let them in.

🚨Don't Touch

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Han Nolan

Arkansas

Janie was four years old when she nearly drowned due to her mothers neglect. Through an unhappy foster home experience, and years of feeling that she is unwanted, she keeps alive her dream of someday being a famous singer.

Born Blue

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Allen Shawn

Notes from a Phobic Life

A droll, inquisitive, and poignant memoir of agoraphobia from a member of one of New York’s premier literary families

Allen Shawn is afraid of heights, water, fields, parking lots, tunnels, and unknown roads. He avoids taking subways, using elevators, or crossing bridges. In short, he is afraid of both closed and open spaces and of any form of isolation. Yet this is a memoir of enormous bravery.

Shawn grew up in a lively but mysterious world. He is the son of the famous, longtime New Yorkereditor William Shawn and brother to the brilliant playwright and actor Wallace Shawn. His twin sister is autistic, and when they were eight years old, she was put in a home. Though it was kept from him until he was in his thirties, his father led a double life that introduced strict taboos to his household. Shawn examines these influences, his father’s and mother’s phobias, and his own struggle with agoraphobia with generosity, wit, and insight, attempting to decipher the psychological and biological puzzles that have plagued him for so long.

Interwoven with both Freudian psychology and cutting-edge brain research, Shawn has written a profound examination of familial love and the universal struggle to face our demons.

Wish I Could Be There

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Patrick Downes

Ten Miles One Way

Karen Fortunati

The Weight of Zero

Vivian Green

The Madness of Kings

Jenny Lawson

Furiously Happy

Jacqueline West

Dreamers Often Lie

Richard J. McNally

What Is Mental Illness?

Sophie Kinsella

Finding Audrey

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Eliza and Her Monsters

Jenny Lawson

Furiously Happy

Mary Pilon

The Kevin Show

Jenny Lawson

Furiously Happy

Jennifer Gilmore

We Were Never Here

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Eliza and Her Monsters

Terri Cheney

The Dark Side of Innocence

Vanessa Vega; Bettie B. Youngs (Foreword by)

Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light

Carly Anne West

The Murmurings

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Woman, Eat Me Whole - ARC

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The Truth and Lies of Ella Black

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🚨Don't Touch

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Born Blue

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Wish I Could Be There

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Everything All At Once (autographed)

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Eliza and Her Monsters

Francesca Zappia

Eliza and Her Monsters