Crider amy (16 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. "The ingenious plot will keep the reader guessing. Psychological thriller fans will want to check this out."--Publisher's Weekly "Honest and riveting." --Sara Paretsky, author of Blacklist and Dead Land Amy Crider's debut psychological thriller is an endlessly satisfying page turner that will forever change the way you look at storytelling and mental illness. Graduate student Wendy Zemansky was hoping for a normal semester at an isolated university in upstate New York. Since coming off disability and starting medication for bipolar disorder, Wendy longs to feel like a "real" functioning adult, a respected colleague in her writing program. But when her roommate goes missing, Wendy plunges into an investigation that is roadblocked by vainglorious professors, specious doctors, and dubious friends. As time runs out, Wendy is forced to separate shades of suspicion amidst a swirling and uncontrollable mania, leaving her with startling lessons on what it means to persevere when everyone is seemingly against you.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. With the death of his father, Connachtach is finally free: Free to leave the family farm, free to return to the monastery of his youth, and free to scribe--a skill held by few in eighth-century Scotia. But answering what he hopes is God's call to create a new, glorified book of the gospel is not without sacrifice: in leaving all earthly matters behind, Connachtach also leaves his sister Oona and niece Deirdre, who are not so eager to let him disappear from their lives. From the Celtic shores of Iona to the amber sands of newly founded Baghdad; from the eerie decrepitude of fallen Rome to the hallowed stairs of Jerusalem, what begins as Connachtach's quest to scribe soon ranges beyond even his most beatific vision. In this transporting testament to the power of the written word, Amy Crider offers a richly imagined early medieval odyssey ripe with purpose and rife with danger--whether from marauding Vikings, treacherous fellow wayfarers, or one's own innermost doubts.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 160 pages. 8.50x5.50x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 220 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.87 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 496 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Three days with a psychiatrist. Thirty years of letters. One remarkable memoir.'Once you begin reading Crider's utterly transfixing, vulnerable, and honest memoir, you won't be able to stop. Crider's stylish sentences investigate the space where brilliance and mental illness collide. Her story is heartbreaking and important.' Amanda Eyre Ward, NYT-bestselling author of the Reese's Book Club pick, The Jetsetters 'Honest, gripping, heartbreaking.' Jenny Lawson, bestselling author of Furiously Happy "With piercing honesty and unexpected humor, Amy Crider reshapes the mental health memoir into something wholly originalintimate, fearless, and unforgettable." Julie Ryan McGue, author of Twice a Daughter and Twice the Family. 'Amy Crider proves an unforgettable companion for a daring journey through her own mental health, and a system that often fails her. Catching an Orange tells a story of blurred lines, a mysterious connection, and an unlikely triumph.' Rob Walker, author of The Art of Noticing 'Catching An Orange is a vivid, absorbing, at times astonishing book. Startlingly honest and intimate, reading it feels like reading a stack of deeply moving personal letters found left behind on a Greyhound bus letters meant for someone else but entrancing, revealing and affecting nonetheless. This book is not just a love story; it's many love stories overlapping and intertwined, which is how real life often flows. It has broadened and deepened the way I think about mental health challenges, and will stay with me for a very long time.' Davy Rothbart, contributor to NPR's This American Life, creator of Found Magazine, and author of My Heart Is an Idiot 'Amy Crider's Catching an Orange is unflinching and tender in its depiction of mental illness and a difficult first marriage. Written as a letter, an elegy, and a heroine's journey, the book is elegant and unexpectedly inspiring.' Rachel Swearingen, author of How to Walk on Water and Other Stories 'Sometimes, almost miraculously, a brief encounter with the right person can have a lasting impact on our lives. Catching an Orange is Amy Crider's moving ode to a therapist she only knew for three days, as well as an absorbing chronicle of her battle with mental illness during the latter years of the twentieth century. Her story shows us that even now, psychiatry is no match for the wonders and sufferings of the all-too-human mind.' Christina Pugh, author of The Right Hand In this unconventional memoir, author and playwright Amy Crider writes thirty years of letters to a psychiatrist who treated her for just three daysand never wrote back. What emerges is far more than a mental health narrative: it's a mystery story, a love letter to a man in a necktie with scientific formulas, and a meditation on the complex ways we construct our lives. When Amy is hospitalized for a manic episode in 1993, she meets Dr. L., whose assertion after three days that he truly knows her'Yes, Amy, I do'becomes the foundation for decades of one-sided correspondence. Through these letters, Amy unravels the gothic complexities of her first marriage to a man who believed he could revolutionize physics with a free-energy generator, built boats that inevitably sank, and whose family sang hymns while she descended into psychosis. From vampire phlebotomists to sloshed psychiatrists, Crider's prose moves between philosophical revelation and dark comedy, examining how mental illness can sharpen perception even as it distorts reality. She unveils how a therapist can diagnose your mother with a personality disorder without meeting her, and uncovers why someone might stay married to a partner who insists on building boats instead of fixing the stove. Catching an Orange defies memoir conventions with its epistolary structure and its refusal to provide easy resolution. Only after thirty years does Amy understand the true reason she never stopped writing. It's about the conversations we never finish, the people who change us in three days, and what it means to finally catch an orange.…