{"product_id":"more-or-less-maddy","title":"More or Less Maddy","description":"\u003cb\u003e**National Bestseller**\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \"riveting page-turner\" (Jean Kwok\u003ci\u003e, New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSearching for Sylvie Lee\u003c\/i\u003e) about a young woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder who rejects the stability and approval found in a traditionally \"normal\" life for a career in stand-up comedy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaddy Banks is just like any other stressed-out freshman at NYU. Between schoolwork, exams, navigating life in the city, and a recent breakup, it's normal to be feeling overwhelmed. It doesn't help that she's always felt like the odd one out in her picture-perfect Connecticut family. But Maddy's latest low is devastatingly low, convincing her to go on an antidepressant. She begins to feel good, dazzling good in fact, and she soon spirals high into a wild and terrifying mania that culminates in a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs she struggles to find her way in this new reality, navigating the complex effects bipolar has on her identity, her relationships, and her life dream, Maddy will have to figure out how to manage being both too much and not enough. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith her signature \"deep empathy and insight\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e), Harvard-trained neuroscientist and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Lisa Genova has crafted an \"affecting, harrowing, beautiful, and enlightening\" (\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e) novel that makes complicated mental health issues accessible and human. \u003ci\u003eMore or Less Maddy \u003c\/i\u003eis destined to become another classic like \u003ci\u003eStill Alice\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Gallery\/Scout Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51941977817319,"sku":"9781668026106","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_afdbdef5-33b7-426c-99d5-2368d41358e4.jpg?v=1775242767","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/more-or-less-maddy","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}