Just like someone without mental illness only more so : a memoir /

Just like someone without mental illness only more so : a memoir /

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Author / Creator:	Vonnegut, Mark.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Delacorte Press, c2010.
Description:	xviii, 203 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Vonnegut, Mark. Vonnegut, Mark. Pediatricians -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography. Schizophrenics -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography. Children of celebrities -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography. Children of celebrities. Pediatricians. Schizophrenics. Massachusetts -- Boston. Autobiographies. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8262702

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ISBN:	9780385343794 (acid-free paper) 0385343795 (acid-free paper)
Summary:	More than thirty years after the publication of his acclaimed memoir The Eden Express, Mark Vonnegut continues his remarkable story in this searingly funny, iconoclastic account of coping with mental illness, finding his calling as a pediatrician, and learning that willpower isn't nearly enough. Here is the world after Mark was released from a mental hospital to find his family forever altered. After nineteen rejections, Mark was accepted to Harvard Medical School, where he gained purpose, a life, and some control over his condition. Ultimately a tribute to the small, daily, and positive parts of a life interrupted by bipolar disorder, this is a wise, unsentimental, and inspiring book that will resonate with generations of readers.--From publisher description.

Table of Contents:

A Note on the Title
Introduction
Chapter 1. A Brief Family History
Chapter 2. Raised by Wolves
Chapter 3. The Coming of the Orphans
Chapter 4. Hippie
Chapter 5. Retooling
Chapter 6. Bow Wow Boogie
Chapter 7. Medical School
Chapter 8. Man's Greatest Hospital
Chapter 9. Crack-up Number Four
Chapter 10. Coming Home
Chapter 11. Honduras
Chapter 12. Not Right for Here
Chapter 13. Short Chapter...
Chapter 14. The Myth of Mental Wellness
Chapter 15. Bricks and Lobsters
Chapter 16. The Rope
Chapter 17. There's Nothing Quite as Final as a Dead Father
Chapter 18. Mushrooms