{"product_id":"more-or-less-maddy-by-lisa-genova","title":"More or Less Maddy By Lisa Genova","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e**National Bestseller**\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA “riveting page-turner” (Jean Kwok\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e, New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSearching for Sylvie Lee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\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\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith her signature “deep empathy and insight” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), Harvard-trained neuroscientist and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebestselling author Lisa Genova has crafted an “affecting, harrowing, beautiful, and enlightening” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) novel that makes complicated mental health issues accessible and human. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMore or Less Maddy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis destined to become another classic like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStill Alice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Wide Genre","offers":[{"title":"Soft Cover","offer_id":47512866947292,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hard Cover","offer_id":47512866980060,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/2044\/5148\/files\/18_8486acb7-5cb0-44aa-94cb-e7c0abf1f212.png?v=1769782530","url":"https:\/\/widegenre.com\/products\/more-or-less-maddy-by-lisa-genova","provider":"WideGenre","version":"1.0","type":"link"}