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Title: Good overall, but a bit full of itself
Review: I thought this was a very interesting take on bipolar illness, certainly from a different point of view than most (i.e., once they get help they're cured). However, the parallels the main character draws between herself and the underground railroad are totally disproportionate and disjointed to boot. The idea, if I understood it correctly, is that having a daughter with bipolar disorder is roughly equivalent to being a slave, traded away from your family at random. Huh?! I think the main character ascribes a wee bit too much gravitas to her own situation.In addition, the references to slavery come totally out of the blue. There is no context. It's almost like someone else came along later and sprinkled sentences from a completely different novel into this book.
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