More Or Less Maddy A Novel
More Or Less Maddy A Novel by Lisa Genova, published by Simon and Schuster on January 14, 2025, is a compelling exploration of mental health through the eyes of a young woman. The story follows Maddy Banks, a freshman at NYU who grapples with the pressures of academic life, personal relationships, and her recent diagnosis of bipolar disorder. As she navigates the complexities of her condition, Maddy’s journey reveals the challenges of balancing her identity with her aspirations, particularly in the realm of stand-up comedy.
Readers will find a nuanced portrayal of family life and neurodiversity as Maddy confronts her feelings of being an outsider in her seemingly perfect family. The narrative delves into her struggles with mental health, offering insights into the impact of bipolar disorder on her relationships and dreams. This edition, comprising 368 pages, presents an accessible and human perspective on complicated issues, making it a significant addition to contemporary fiction.
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**National Bestseller**
A “riveting page-turner” (Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee) 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.
Maddy 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.
As 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.
With her signature “deep empathy and insight” (Booklist), Harvard-trained neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author Lisa Genova has crafted an “affecting, harrowing, beautiful, and enlightening” (Shelf Awareness) novel that makes complicated mental health issues accessible and human. More or Less Maddy is destined to become another classic like Still Alice.
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