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At age fourteen, Laura Delano saw her first psychiatrist who immediately diagnosed her with bipolar disorder and started her on a mood stabilizer and antidepressant. At school, Delano was elected the class president and earned straight-As and a national squash ranking; at home, she unleashed all the rage and despair she felt, lashing out at her family and locking herself in her bedroom, obsessing over death. Delano’s initial diagnosis marked the beginning of a life-altering saga

The symptoms were not pleasant, and with no health insurance, she had tried to deal with them on her own. But, it finally reached a point where she believed she needed to see a doctor. In August of 2015, she received the diagnosis. My phone rang and when I answered, she said, with her voice breaking, “Dad, it’s cancer. I have cancer.” I felt like the bottom dropped out, and I was falling. But, doing what we always did in our home, we rallied the troops, assessed the situation, and began to research and learn what we could do to fight this wicked invader.

Neste premiado livro de estreia, a aclamada jornalista Rachel Aviv levanta questões fundamentais sobre como nos entendemos em momentos de crise e angústia. Movida por um profundo senso de empatia e por sua própria experiência de viver em uma ala hospitalar aos seis anos de idade, diagnosticada com anorexia, ela recupera a trajetória de pessoas que se depararam com os limites das explicações psiquiátricas sobre quem são.