The author pieces together the story of her absent father's life, beginning with his advancements in isolating the biochemical root of manic depression, just as he began to suffer from it himself, leading to years of institutionalization and confinement.
The author pieces together the story of her absent father's life, beginning with his advancements in isolating the biochemical root of manic depression, which he then began to suffer from himself, leading to years of institutionalization and confinement.
Soon to be a major motion picture, from Brad Pitt and Tony Kushner A Washington Post Best Book of 2015 A mid-century doctor's raw, unvarnished account of his own descent into madness, and his daughter's attempt to piece his life back together and make sense of her own. Texas-bor…
The author pieces together the story of her absent father's life, beginning with his advancements in isolating the biochemical root of manic depression, just as he began to suffer from it himself, leading to years of institutionalization and confinement.