Lithium Jesus - A Memoir of Mania (Hardcover)

Charles Monroe-Kane is a natural raconteur, and boy, does he have stories to tell. Born into an eccentric Ohio clan of modern hunter-gatherers, he grew up hearing voices in his head. Over a dizzying two decades, he was many things-teenage faith healer, world traveler, smuggler, liberation theologian, ladder-maker, squatter, halibut hanger, grifter, environmental warrior, and circus manager-all the while wrestling with schizophrenia and self-medication. From Baby Doc's Haiti to the Czech Velvet Revolution, and from sex, drugs, and a stabbing to public humiliation by the leader of the free world, Monroe-Kane burns through his twenties and several bridges of youthful idealism before finally saying: enough. In a memoir that blends engaging charm with unflinching frankness, 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."

General

Imprint:	University of Wisconsin Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2016
Authors:	Charles Monroe-Kane
Dimensions:	209 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-0-299-31000-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Radio Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > Mental health services Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > Drug addiction & substance abuse Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-299-31000-0
Barcode:	9780299310004

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