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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Journey hadn't planned for a future, but when her suicide attempt fails she finds the life she never meant to live challenging in more ways than before: her parents don't trust her, her friends have moved on for their own good, her bipolar disorder is overwhelming. At odds with herself and lacking concrete goals, she begins volunteering at a local helpline, where she finds a community as strong yet broken as she is.
Lifes tough when you didnt expect...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Ken and Abby Gardner lost their mother when they were small and they have been haunted by her absence ever since. Their father, Adam, a brilliant oceanographer, raised them mostly on his own in his remote home on Cape Cod, where the attachment between Ken and Abby deepened into something complicated--and as adults their relationship is strained. Now, years later, the siblings' lives are still deeply entwined. Ken is a successful businessman with...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When Sarah Taylor arrives at the exclusive St. Ambrose School, she's carrying more baggage than just what fits in her suitcase. She knows she's not like the other girls--if the shabby, all-black, non-designer clothes don't give that away, the bottle of lithium hidden in her desk drawer sure does. St. Ambrose's queen bee, Greta Stanhope, picks Sarah as a target from day one and the most popular, powerful, horrible girl at school is relentless in making...
Author
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Eleven year old Willow's marrow burns with the friction of having to navigate the two homes of her newly divorced parents, when all she truly wants is to be with her mother Rosie. As Willow struggles to make sense of her world of extreme love and extreme loneliness, she learns how sometimes all the love in the world is not enough to save someone, no matter how hard one wishes for it--how the human heart can bend and break, but how it can also heal...
Author
Language
English
Description
From the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing--the hair-raising tale of a young suburban wife who believes a killer is living right next door. And fears only the next murder, maybe her own, will make everyone believe her.
Hen and her husband Lloyd have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Hen (short for Henrietta) is an illustrator and works out of a studio nearby, and has found the right meds to...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Twenty years after her bipolar brother's penchant for chasing tornadoes leads to deadly consequences, Karena Jorge finds out that he has escaped from a psychiatric ward, prompting her to join a band of professional stormchasers in hope of finding her disturbed brother.
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
After years of learning how to manage her bipolar disorder, Emily Firestone finally has it under control. Even better, her life is coming together: shes got a great job, her own place, and a boyfriend, Paolo, who adores her. So when Paolo suggests a weekend sailing trip, Emily agreeswine, water, and the man she loves? What could be better? But when Emily wakes the morning after they set sail, the boat is still adrift&and Paolo is gone. A strong swimmer,...
8) Nature girl
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
When a rude telemarketer calls while Honey Santana and her son are having dinner she decides to teach him a lesson in good behavior. She lures him and his mistress with a pitch for Florida real estate and includes her ex-husband and 12-year-old son in her plot.
10) Ask the girl
Author
Publisher
Woodhall Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
210 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Nobody believes sixteen-year-old Lila Sadler, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Nobody believes that Lila's sister Rose is possessed by the ghost of Katy Watkins. As Rose's health worsens each day, the only way to save her is to uncover the awful truth of Katy's death so many years ago. And nobody knows what happened to Katy on October 31, 1925. Not even Katy. Unaware that she was murdered, Katy has wandered for a hundred years in complete...
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"It is said that when one person in a family is unstable, the whole family is destabilized. Meet the Shreds. Olivia is the sister in the spotlight, but when her stunning confidence morphs into something erratic and unpredictable, she becomes a hurricane leaving the Shred family wrecked in her wake. Put simply, she has no brakes. Younger sister Amy, cautious and studious to the core, dreams of winning a Nobel Prize in science. Amy believes in facts,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Holy Krauss is a successful, happily married business-woman who is loved and admired by everyone she meets. But that's only one side of Holly. The other takes regular walks on the wild side and is making reckless mistakes. When the two sides of Holly's life collide, her world quickly spirals out of control. She thinks she's being stalked, that someone is trying to extort money from her, and that threats lurk around every corner. Soon the people closest...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Gallery Books trade paperback ed.
Physical Desc
394 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Lucy Houston and Mickey Chandler probably shouldn't have fallen in love, let alone gotten married. They're both plagued with faulty genes-he has bipolar disorder; she, a ravaging family history of breast cancer. But when their paths cross on the night of Lucy's twenty-first birthday, sparks fly, and there's no denying their chemistry. Cautious every step of the way, they are determined to make their relationship work-and they put their commitment...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In a look at mental illness that weaves togther three timelines, Greyson Todd leaves his successful Hollywood career and wife and young daughter to travel the world, giving free reign to the bipolar disorder he has been forced to keep hidden for almost twenty years.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes an intimate and contemporary study of time, space, and the nature of love. Alone with You in the Ether explores what it means to be unwell, and how to face the fractures of yourself and still love as if you're not broken. Chicago, sometime-- Two people meet in the armory of the Art Institute by chance. Prior to their encounter, he is a doctoral student who manages his destructive thoughts...
Author
Series
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
196 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Honor Bontrager has been widowed for one year. Her marriage wasn't happy, but she has her precious daughter, Lucy. Honor's fear that Lucy might inherit her husband's mental illness seems to be coming true. The bishop refuses to allow anyone in his flock to seek treatment for maladies he doesn't believe exists, so Honor defies the bishop and turns to the one man who can help--the same man she felt duty-bound to give up so she could marry Caleb all...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Dee, Misa, and Matt were the 'three musketeers' of the psych ward. A year after discharge, Dee is eager to convince everyone that she's finally turning things around. But Matt and Misa are tying the knot in Turks and Caicos, surrounded by guests who have no idea where they met, and the secrecy isn't sitting well with Dee, who has been hopelessly in love with Matt since before she got kicked out of the hospital. So when Dee arrives at the swanky resort...
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishing Company Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Putting up a front and hiding her mental illness from her classmates is going to be the hardest thing high schooler Natalie Cordova has ever done. It's her senior year, and she's just been selected to present her artwork at a prestigious show. With the stress of performing on her shoulders, it doesn't help when Natalie notices a boy who makes her heart leap. And then there's fellow student Ella, who confronts Natalie about her summer car "accident"...