{"product_id":"lithium-jesus-a-memoir-of-mania-9780299310042","title":"Lithium Jesus  A Memoir of Mania","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 \u003cem\u003eLithium Jesus\u003c\/em\u003e there may be a voice in your head, too, saying ‘Do more, be more, live more. And fear less.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Hard Way on Purpose\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003ci\u003e important\u003c\/i\u003e idea that there are many ways to be born again.\" - Michael Perry, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Jesus Cow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eSnap Judgment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The personal story [Monroe-Kane] tells in \u003ci\u003eLithium Jesus: A Memoir of Mania\u003c\/i\u003e about marriage, fatherhood and the stunning events that came before, is one you will not soon forget.\" - \u003ci\u003eBay Area Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Charles Monroe-Kane has had a more interesting life than anybody you are ever likely to know. . . . An exceptional memoir.\" - \u003ci\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Beats Show\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrologue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Voices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Jesus Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSummer Camp Salvation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe White Suit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWill the Real Uncle Gunnysack Please Stand Up?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Crack in an Open Door\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlying Too Close to the Sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Movement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Brand-New Jungle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the Bush Leagues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBye-Bye Leather Pants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Peace Circus Burnout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRomantic at Last\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnchor's Aweigh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoy's Corduroys versus the Mutoid Waste Company\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEureka: Construction Dust, Novella I in Homage to the Mrs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Silver Lining\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEureka: Nothing Closer to a Man Than a Razor Blade, Novella 2 in Homage to the Mrs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen for Suggestions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEureka: A Hail Mary Toss, Novella 3 in Homage to the Mrs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Italians\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfterword\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChuck?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Bunny Floating by on a Balloon Eating a Magic Hot Dog\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036915204439,"sku":"9780299310042","price":15.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lithium-jesus-a-memoir-of-mania-9780299310042","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}