Lindsay was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and works a full-time job for the health insurance to be able to pay for her treatment. Ironically, she ends up creating advertisements for antidepressant drugs. We are drawn along with the choices she makes that eventually leads her to be involuntarily committed. As she struggles to process her life while trying to earn her freedom, we join in her battle between sanity and happiness. You will run through a gamut of emotions in a short time when reading this graphic novel, which is something I really enjoyed because it was a short, yet powerful reminder of what it means to be human.
While you are exploring the world of graphic memoirs, try Marbles: mania, depression, Michelangelo, & me: a graphic memoir by Ellen Forney and Passing for human: a graphic memoirby Liana Finck.
~Thea, Adult Services