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Sally's abysmal elation in the Summer of 1996
Posted on September 08, 2008
Best-selling writer and neurologist Oliver Sacks has written a, by turns, heart-warming and educational book review on the topic of bipolar disorder (previously known as manic-depression) for the New York Review of Books.The target of the review is Michael Greenberg's memoir Hurry Down Sunshine , which tells the story of his daughter Sally's experience of her first manic episode in the Summer of 1996, when she was aged just 15.Bi-polar disorder is characterised by dizzylingly intense highs and deeply dark lows. With Sacks as our erudite, lyrical guide we learn how the early stages of mania ca...
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