{"product_id":"9780743446600","title":"Detour : My Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eDetour\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Lizzie Simon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy all appearances, Lizzie Simon was perfect. She had an Ivy League education, lots of friends, a loving family, and a dazzling career as a theater producer by the age of twenty-three. But that wasn't enough: Lizzie still felt alone in the world, and largely misunderstood. Having been diagnosed with bipolar disorder as a teenager, she longed to meet others like herself; she wanted to hear the experiences of those who managed to move past their manic-depression and lead normal lives. So Lizzie hits the road, hoping to find \"a herd of her own.\" Along the way she finds romance and madness, survivors and sufferers, and, somewhere between the lanes, herself. Part road trip, part love story, \u003ci\u003eDetour\u003c\/i\u003e is a fast-paced, enduring memoir that demystifies mental illness while it embraces the universally human struggle to become whole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003eJohn Berendt author of \u003ci\u003eMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil\u003c\/i\u003e Lizzie Simon's ingenious inquiry into the nature and treatment of manic depression -- her own as well as others' -- is a spellbinding revelation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e [U]tterly unselfconscious, funny, [and] harrowing.\u003cbr\u003ePeter D. Kramer author of \u003ci\u003eListening to Prozac\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDetour\u003c\/i\u003e does for bipolar disorder what \u003ci\u003eProzac Nation\u003c\/i\u003e did for depression -- scopes it out from the viewpoint of someone who is young, hip, and vulnerable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780743446600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Washington Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40588686459086,"sku":"9780743446600","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_826684d6-7935-46c8-91d7-434a2ee44ddd.jpg?v=1637702293","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780743446600","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}