From the age of six, Marya Mornbacher knew that something was terribly wrong with her. Manifesting itself in the anorexia and bulimia documented in her bestselling memoir Wasted, it took eighteen years to diagnose the true underlying reason for her distress: bipolar disorder. In this raw and frank accound of her battle with this devastating illness, Hornbacher documents the soaring highs and obliterating lows of her condition; the savage mood swings and the impossible strains on her relationships. Detailing the reality of a life lived in limbo, caught between the world of the mad and the world of the sane, this is a powerful, lyrical, and often humorous tale of life, control, and survival.