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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 817
EAN num: 9781419654473
ISBN number: 1419654470
Label: BookSurge Publishing
Manufacturer: BookSurge Publishing
Page Count: 240
Printing Date: January 11, 2007
Publishing house: BookSurge Publishing
Release Date: January 11, 2007
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Invisible Driving is a memoir of Manic Depression that takes readers inside the terrors, thrills, and triumphs of coming to terms with this debilitating and misunderstood mental illness. The manic narrator's voice vividly recreates the feelings and sensations of mania, offering an unprecedented look at this fascinating and bizarre state of being. While behavior and thought illuminate the condition of mania, it is the protagonist's language itself that most viscerally conveys what it feels like to be trapped inside a manic 'high.'
The voice of the recovered narrator provides context, reliability, and credibility. Where the manic narrator is relentlessly entertaining and delusional, the recovered narrator is tough minded, concise, and determined to reveal the truth, no matter how painful. With a cold eye he examines the forces that shaped him in order to shed light on the psychological architecture driving the episode. The interplay between these two perspectives underscores the bipolar nature of Manic Depression; the greatest personal challenge is reconciling them. Ultimately, the narrator must confront his own worst nightmare and in doing so gain character, insight, and acceptance.
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Thank you for this story. I opened this book with a pretty decent understanding of depression but not of this disease. I was immediately drawn in by the author's wit and irrisistable writing style. Often, as a reader I feel like I am in the author's head , but never more than I did when I was immersed in Invisible Driving. I could feel the pain and the euphoria, sometimes both at once. At times I closed the book exhausted and other times, laughing hysterically. This is how I know that he got to me. I get it now. And anyone who knows anyone who suffers should read this too, so that they can understand.
But mostly, this is a story about grabbing life, shaking out the wrinkles, and making it your own,to the limited extent that any of us can. You will be inspired. I know I was.
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I must say I tried to like this book I really did. After reading many reviews and hearing good things about this book, I decided to check it out. I am sorry that I did. This book attempts to be original and give insight though all it does is bore the reader to death. The so-called author of this book apears to lack any type of insight into the topic at hand though he tries to pass his lack of knowledge off through wit. What results is a filthy , degrading, piece of pretenious garabage. I have one thing to say to the author, GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK
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Successfully describing an unusual state of mind to the unitiated is very much like trying to explain an exotic smell. Mere words are poor cousins to the actual experience. Alistair McHarg, however, manages to get on the roller coaster that is his mental illness and put you firmly in the seat right behind him. The reader can't see out the front (only those who have lived it could), but can feel the dips, turns and breathtaking drops from the ride. Exciting and terrifying, his use of language produces a visceral response. We are navigated through an extended, autobiographical manic episode which, at the outset, may appear a little fun until one realizes that it (he) is spinning out of control. Sadly, this mania seems to produce a virtual allergy to intimacy when he most needs the grounding qualities of close friends and family. We learn that, in the end, there is nothing glamourous about this fever-pitched lifestyle especially when you're living it.
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Alistair McHarg's memoir of his battle with Manic Depression is a Masterpiece. It is a gripping tale, wrought with heart wrenching emotion and bizarre hilarity that grabs hold of the reader and does not let go. McHarg's writing genius is undeniable. His wordplay and razor sharp wit is as much art as it is technical perfection. This is a stunning piece of literature.
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Invisible Driving by Alistair McHarg is not your ordinary autobiography. He tells his tale of manic depression with humor, wit and sadness with an extraordinary ability to relay the behavior and thoughts of someone who is bipolar. I found it moving as well as fascinating to see how his mind can be unraveled, dissected and rebuilt. I recommend to everyone, especially anyone who is curious or eager to learn more about this illness or who wants to learn a lot of new words that start with the letter "R."
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