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Book SynopsisIn a memoir that blends engaging charm with unflinching frankness, Charles Monroe-Kane gives his testimony of mental illness, drug abuse, faith, and love. By the end of
Lithium Jesus there may be a voice in your head, too, saying ‘Do more, be more, live more. And fear less.’
Trade ReviewFor all the voices that once raged through his head, Charles Monroe-Kane has finally found the true one: his own. With plainspoken honesty, he takes us through his raucous mission to devour a world before it devoured him, arriving finally at the hard truth of salvation." - David Giffels, author of
The Hard Way on Purpose"This humble, funny, raw (yes, sex) book is a pell-mell kaleidoscope of faith, drugs, bawdy behavior, and mental illness that resolves not in soft focus or shattered glass but in the sweet
important idea that there are many ways to be born again." - Michael Perry, author of
The Jesus Cow"The mind of Charles Monroe-Kane crackles with a scary, exhilarating, manic, and beautiful energy. His book left my mouth agape. His story bobs and weaves, lulls readers into the right jab-then clocks us with a roundhouse. Charles lives his story like no other, and he tells it like nobody else can." - Glynn Washington, host of public radio program
Snap Judgment"A young man grapples with bipolar 'voices' via religion, hedonism, activism, and Lithium. In his debut, Monroe-Kane, a Peabody Award-winning public radio producer, brings a fresh perspective to familiar memoir territory. . . . [A] compelling account of wrestling with inner turmoil against gritty, dramatic international settings." -
Kirkus Reviews"The personal story [Monroe-Kane] tells in
Lithium Jesus: A Memoir of Mania about marriage, fatherhood and the stunning events that came before, is one you will not soon forget." -
Bay Area Reporter"Charles Monroe-Kane has had a more interesting life than anybody you are ever likely to know. . . . An exceptional memoir." -
Books & Beats ShowTable of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- The Voices
- The Jesus Years
- Summer Camp Salvation
- The White Suit
- Will the Real Uncle Gunnysack Please Stand Up?
- A Crack in an Open Door
- Flying Too Close to the Sun
- The Movement
- A Brand-New Jungle
- In the Bush Leagues
- Bye-Bye Leather Pants
- A Peace Circus Burnout
- Romantic at Last
- Anchor's Aweigh
- Joy's Corduroys versus the Mutoid Waste Company
- Eureka: Construction Dust, Novella I in Homage to the Mrs.
- The Silver Lining
- Eureka: Nothing Closer to a Man Than a Razor Blade, Novella 2 in Homage to the Mrs.
- Open for Suggestions
- Eureka: A Hail Mary Toss, Novella 3 in Homage to the Mrs.
- The Italians
- Afterword
- Chuck?
- Epilogue
- A Bunny Floating by on a Balloon Eating a Magic Hot Dog
