More or Less Maddy
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Narrated by:
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Tessa Albertson
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By:
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Lisa Genova
About this listen
A breathless, riveting novel 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, from the bestselling author of Still Alice and Inside the O'Briens.
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, and she goes on antidepressants. She begins to feel good, dazzling 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 dreams, 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 another profoundly moving 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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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Yondette aka Debbie Does Books
- 11-02-2025
A heart wrenching yet informative story
*TW Mental Health, mention of unaliving.
This book is written by the incredible Lisa Genova, a neuroscientist who writes about neurological conditions. She’s written about autism, left neglect (stroke), huntingtons, dementia, ALS and now Bipolar.
More or less Maddy is about a young woman and her experience of mania, depression, and trying to distinguish what is real life and what is effectively an illusion. It is one of the most powerful stories I’ve read and it stole a little piece of me as all of Lisa Genovas books have.
Many of us have struggled with our mental health, or if you are lucky enough not to have- you absolutely know someone who has. While bipolar is an extreme condition, it is the 6th leading cause of disability worldwide.
When my brother took his own life in his teens almost 17 years ago, mental health was still such a taboo topic to talk about. I really love that a book has been published that is bringing these types of conditions into the open and humanises it, aiming to remove judgement and stigma. And I urge you to read it if you have the capacity to do so. It’s a heavy book at times but it is absolutely worth the read.
The audiobook was fantastic, I was captivated from start to finish, with the narrator truly encompassing the emotional state that the character was in at any moment throughout the book.
If I could give it 6 stars I absolutely would.
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