Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me: A Graphic Memoir by Ellen Forney

Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me: A Graphic Memoir Ellen Forney ebook
Page: 256
Format: pdf
ISBN: 9781592407323
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Marbles: Mania This is a graphic memoir written my Ellen Forney about her life with bipolar disorder. Her newest novel, Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me, is a chronicle of her experiences with bipolar I disorder, as well as her inner conflict and eventual coming to terms with… Not surprisingly, the graphic memoir format is a perfect medium for explaining bipolar disorder (or any mental illness, I'd imagine) because, often times, words alone fail to adequately convey the illogical and capricious world that is our reality. Jun 27, 2013 - Marbles, Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me. Feb 5, 2014 - Review: Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, & Me by Ellen Forney (28 Days of Reviews #5). Marblescover galley copy of it to me. In other words, why is this a comic book (graphic novel) instead of a prose novel or memoir? Instead I So, yes, I was concerned about the tone Forney had taken in her memoir and I let the book sit for a few days before leafing through the pages to sneak a glimpse of just how dark the corners of Forney's life were. At the time I had a fairly big read pile and quite honestly I didn't know if I was ready to dive into a graphic novel about another person's mental health issues. 5 thoughts on “Bonus #2: Graphic Novelist Ellen Forney's Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, & Me”. Jan 30, 2014 - The documentary “Of Two Minds”, which focuses a lot on “the bipolar gift” and a graphic novel called Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo and Me.