Recommended by: Carolyn Martin, Staff UW Seattle, Health Sciences Library
"This is a memoir of the author's, Ellen Forney, experience of bipolar disorder. It gives the reader some insight to what a person with bipolar experiences during episodes of mania and depression. Along with that, the author also includes aspects such as finding the right combination of medications and therapy, the effect on her personal and work life, and the financial burden associated with taking care of herself. Forney's book not only brings awareness but also acts as a health literacy tool in her education of bipolar disorder to the general reader as well as to the health professional.
Forney is a local artist who also served as guest curator for the National Library of Medicine traveling exhibit, "Graphic Medicine: Ill Conceived, Well-Drawn" which the Health Sciences Library will be hosting starting November 5. Marbles has also been chosen as the Health Sciences Common Book for 2018-2019."