Loud in the House of Myself - Memoir of a Strange Girl

Stacy Pershall grew up as an overly intelligent, depressed, deeply strange girl in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, population 1,000. From her days as a thirteen-year-old Jesus freak through her eventual diagnosis of bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder, this spirited memoir chronicles Pershall's journey through hell and her struggle with the mental health care system.

About the author

Stacy Pershall is a belly dancer and artist living in New York City.

Summary

“An utterly unique journey down some of the mind’s more mysterious byways . . . ranges from the shocking to the simply lovely.”—Marya Hornbacher

Product details

• Authors: Stacy Pershall, Pershall Stacy
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.02.2012
• EAN: 9780393340792
• ISBN: 978-0-393-34079-2
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 211 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 305 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Memoirs, Coping with illness & specific conditions, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs