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A graphic memoir about the treatment of mental illness, treating mental illness as a commodity.
In her early twenties in New York City, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Rachel Lindsay takes a job in advertising in order to secure healthcare coverage for her treatment. But work takes a strange turn when she is promoted onto the Pfizer account and suddenly finds herself on the other side of the curtain, developing ads for an anti-depressant drug. Overwhelmed by her professional life and the self-scrutiny it inspires, her mania takes hold. She quits her job to become an artist, only to be hospitalized by her parents against her will. Over the course of her two weeks in the ward, she tries to find a path out of the hospital and this cycle of treatment. One where she can live the life she wants, finding freedom and autonomy, without sacrificing her dreams in order to stay well.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 09/04/2018
ISBN: 9781455598540
Pages: 256
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 10.50h x 6.90w x 0.90d
Review Citations: Booklist 10/15/2018 pg. 35
Publishers Weekly 06/25/2018
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2018 pg. 85
Shelf Awareness 10/02/2018
In her early twenties in New York City, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Rachel Lindsay takes a job in advertising in order to secure healthcare coverage for her treatment. But work takes a strange turn when she is promoted onto the Pfizer account and suddenly finds herself on the other side of the curtain, developing ads for an anti-depressant drug. Overwhelmed by her professional life and the self-scrutiny it inspires, her mania takes hold. She quits her job to become an artist, only to be hospitalized by her parents against her will. Over the course of her two weeks in the ward, she tries to find a path out of the hospital and this cycle of treatment. One where she can live the life she wants, finding freedom and autonomy, without sacrificing her dreams in order to stay well.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 09/04/2018
ISBN: 9781455598540
Pages: 256
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 10.50h x 6.90w x 0.90d
Review Citations: Booklist 10/15/2018 pg. 35
Publishers Weekly 06/25/2018
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2018 pg. 85
Shelf Awareness 10/02/2018