![]() ![]() ![]() This comes as a considerable surprise, yet it’s consistent with almost all the signposts listed in the clinical diagnosis books, and has been common to a troubled family history on her mother’s side. Marbles falls squarely within the genre, yet holds an importance for a frank discussion of illness so little understood.Įllen Forney immediately adopts an intimate tone as her diagnosis of having bipolar disorder occurs early. The derisive category description belittles traumatic personal circumstances, past or present, yet the books share sometimes shocking, sometimes stomach-turning confessional experiences. A 21 st century book publishing phenomenon has been the popularity of the ‘misery memoir’, predominantly, although not exclusively, written by women, with Angela’s Ashes (by a man) the most notable example. ![]()
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