Kind of Magic

Spargo-Ryan, Anna
Kind of Magic

Kind of Magic

Spargo-Ryan, Anna

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A memoir about anxiety, our minds, and optimism in spite of it all

Where do mental illness stories begin?

Anna's always had too many feelings. Or not enough feelings - she's never been quite sure. Debilitating panic. Extraordinary melancholy. Paranoia. Ambivalence. Fear. Despair.

From anxious child to terrified parent, mental illness has been a constant. A harsh critic in the big moments - teenage pregnancy, divorce, a dream career, falling in love - and a companion in the small ones - getting to the supermarket, feeding all her cats, remembering which child is which.

But between therapists' rooms and emergency departments, there's been a feeling even harder to explain ... optimism.

In this sharp-eyed and illuminating memoir, award-winning writer Anna Spargo-Ryan pieces together the relationships between time, mental illness, and our brain as the keeper of our stories. Against the backdrop of her own experience, she interrogates reality, how it can be fractured, and why it's so hard to put it back together.

Powerfully honest, tender and often funny, A Kind of Magic blends meticulous research with vivid snapshots of the stuff that breaks us, and the magic of finding ourselves again.

Author:   Spargo-Ryan, Anna
Publisher:   Ultimo Press
ISBN:  

9781761150739


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   05 October 2022
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
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A memoir about anxiety, our minds, and optimism in spite of it all

Where do mental illness stories begin?

Anna's always had too many feelings. Or not enough feelings - she's never been quite sure. Debilitating panic. Extraordinary melancholy. Paranoia. Ambivalence. Fear. Despair.

From anxious child to terrified parent, mental illness has been a constant. A harsh critic in the big moments - teenage pregnancy, divorce, a dream career, falling in love - and a companion in the small ones - getting to the supermarket, feeding all her cats, remembering which child is which.

But between therapists' rooms and emergency departments, there's been a feeling even harder to explain ... optimism.

In this sharp-eyed and illuminating memoir, award-winning writer Anna Spargo-Ryan pieces together the relationships between time, mental illness, and our brain as the keeper of our stories. Against the backdrop of her own experience, she interrogates reality, how it can be fractured, and why it's so hard to put it back together.

Powerfully honest, tender and often funny, A Kind of Magic blends meticulous research with vivid snapshots of the stuff that breaks us, and the magic of finding ourselves again.

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Author:   Spargo-Ryan, Anna
Publisher:   Ultimo Press
ISBN:  

9781761150739


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   05 October 2022
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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