I picked this book up at the Delhi airport. If you see the cover, the bit about 'My Memories of Madness and Melancholia' is in very small text and I picked it up thinking it was a book about organising your life and travelling.
What was shocking is the candour with which the writer talks about being bipolar and how it impacts his life, his family and his career. It is heartening to see how he talks about his mentors who are understanding of his condition and does not paint the corporate world as a big bad world. The book also delves on sexual abuse by close family members and talks about it without shame.
It was an engaging read, but a little self indulgent for my taste. What works for it is that you walk away feeling like its someone you know closely, or a maybe about you sometimes.
1 comment:
Nice, Annapurna. Enjoyed reading your review. Would have liked you to delve a little more deeper into the subject.
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