Detour

My Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D

Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Detour by Lizzie Simon, Atria Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Lizzie Simon ISBN: 9780743453226
Publisher: Atria Books Publication: November 21, 2002
Imprint: Atria Books Language: English
Author: Lizzie Simon
ISBN: 9780743453226
Publisher: Atria Books
Publication: November 21, 2002
Imprint: Atria Books
Language: English

A finely wrought memoir of mental health, Detour takes a genre explored by Susanna Kaysen and Kay Redfield Jamison and propels it in a revelatory and rebellious new direction.
Detour is the extraordinary first book by Lizzie Simon, a twenty-three-year-old woman with bipolar disorder. We meet her as she is set to abandon her successful career as a theatrical producer in New York City, with plans to hit the road and find other bipolars like herself -- young, ambitious, opinionated, and truth-seeking. Her goal: to speak with them candidly without judgment, fear, or the slightest trace of anything clinical or jargon-laden. She wants their stories in their words.
But after falling in love with her first interviewee, a troubled millionaire, the truth and the path become increasingly difficult to find.
She indeed finds inspiring bipolars. Marissa, a twenty-something African-American adoptee; Jan, a popular rock 'n' roll radio deejay and mother of two; Matt, a quiet college student from the South. Each is resilient, wise, healthy, and hopeful. Yet each harbors stories of mania and depression that defy the limits of human experience and survival.
But if she's achieving what she set out to do, then why does she feel more alien and alone than ever? Part road trip, part love story, part mystery, Simon has created a heartbreaking narrative of her cross-country quest.
With brave humor, Simon writes guilelessly about herself, her past, and her search for "a herd of her own." She explores that shifting gray area where illness and identity intersect and blur, with the eye of an insider and the heart and soul of a survivor. Accessible and unique, Detour not only opens an intimate window on the day-to-day condition of living with a mood disorder, it also speaks to our universally human struggle to become whole.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

A finely wrought memoir of mental health, Detour takes a genre explored by Susanna Kaysen and Kay Redfield Jamison and propels it in a revelatory and rebellious new direction.
Detour is the extraordinary first book by Lizzie Simon, a twenty-three-year-old woman with bipolar disorder. We meet her as she is set to abandon her successful career as a theatrical producer in New York City, with plans to hit the road and find other bipolars like herself -- young, ambitious, opinionated, and truth-seeking. Her goal: to speak with them candidly without judgment, fear, or the slightest trace of anything clinical or jargon-laden. She wants their stories in their words.
But after falling in love with her first interviewee, a troubled millionaire, the truth and the path become increasingly difficult to find.
She indeed finds inspiring bipolars. Marissa, a twenty-something African-American adoptee; Jan, a popular rock 'n' roll radio deejay and mother of two; Matt, a quiet college student from the South. Each is resilient, wise, healthy, and hopeful. Yet each harbors stories of mania and depression that defy the limits of human experience and survival.
But if she's achieving what she set out to do, then why does she feel more alien and alone than ever? Part road trip, part love story, part mystery, Simon has created a heartbreaking narrative of her cross-country quest.
With brave humor, Simon writes guilelessly about herself, her past, and her search for "a herd of her own." She explores that shifting gray area where illness and identity intersect and blur, with the eye of an insider and the heart and soul of a survivor. Accessible and unique, Detour not only opens an intimate window on the day-to-day condition of living with a mood disorder, it also speaks to our universally human struggle to become whole.

More books from Atria Books

Cover of the book Captive by Lizzie Simon
Cover of the book The Demon by Lizzie Simon
Cover of the book Eva (Eve Spanish Edition) by Lizzie Simon
Cover of the book Hyper-chondriac by Lizzie Simon
Cover of the book A More Perfect Union by Lizzie Simon
Cover of the book A Swing for Life: Revised and Updated by Lizzie Simon
Cover of the book The Faith Club by Lizzie Simon
Cover of the book Z-Rated: Chocolate Flava 3 by Lizzie Simon
Cover of the book The Memory Quilt by Lizzie Simon
Cover of the book William by Lizzie Simon
Cover of the book The Secret Language of Stones by Lizzie Simon
Cover of the book Sleep: Top Tips from the Baby Whisperer by Lizzie Simon
Cover of the book Chocolate for a Woman's Soul Volume II by Lizzie Simon
Cover of the book Home Sweeter Home by Lizzie Simon
Cover of the book Poetry Will Save Your Life by Lizzie Simon
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy