{"product_id":"tristimania-a-diary-of-manic-depression-9780241972045","title":"Tristimania A Diary of Manic Depression","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stark, lyrical and personal account of the psyche in crisis from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWild\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI want to describe it for those who have never experienced it but who perhaps know someone with it. If this book can befriend just one person in that terrifying loneliness, it will be worth writing.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTristimania\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a devastating year-long episode of manic depression, culminating in a long solo pilgrimage across Spain. Recording the experience of mania as has rarely been done before, Jay Griffiths shows how the condition is at once terrifying and also profoundly creative, both tricking and treating the psyche. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn intimate and raw journey of mental health and recovery, \u003ci\u003eTristimania \u003c\/i\u003eilluminates something of the universal human spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Profoundly poetic. A glimpse of madness from inside the eye of the storm'' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher's description.  A stark and lyrical memoir of the steep descent into madness and the slow, agonizing recovery that follows.  In 2013, Jay Griffiths suffered a devastating year-long episode of hypomania and extreme depression. \u003ci\u003eTristimania\u003c\/i\u003e is the extraordinary, brave and painfully honest account of that year. * Penguin *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017706996055,"sku":"9780241972045","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241972045.jpg?v=1750774398","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tristimania-a-diary-of-manic-depression-9780241972045","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}