title: The Dark Side of Innocence: Growing Up Bipolar
author:  Terri Cheney 
description: ""The Dark Side of Innocence" is a magnificent depiction of the ravages of bipolar illness in childhood. Cheney has the wondrous ability to put herself back in the mind of a child, and we feel with her the exhilarating highs and desperate lows, as well as the terrifying confusion created by an illness for which she had no name...In an age when more and more people recognize that bipolar disorder may affect children too, Cheney's intensely personal account provides much-needed hope and understanding about a highly stigmatized illness. A real "tour de force"." --Elyn Saks, author of "The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness", and recipient of the 2009 MacArthur Award<br /><br />"Once again, Terri Cheney has written an educational but bittersweet book that moved me deeply." --Muffy Walker, MSN, MBA, President, International Bipolar Foundation<br /><br />"Rewind the life of any adult with bipolar and you will find a childhood we would all desperately like to forget. Terri Cheney unflinchingly remembers...at long last, someone with the courage to break the silence." --John McManamy, author of "Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder "<br /><br />"This will be big." --"Library Journal"<br /><br />"Cheney's chilling account of her struggle with bipolar disorder brilliantly evokes the brutal nature of her disease. . .Edgy, dark and often cynical, "Manic" is not an easy book to read, but it has heart and soul to spare." -- "People"<br /><br />"Eloquent, riveting...a tale that is hard to set aside." --Ed Renehan, author of "The Lion's Pride"<br /><br />"Cheney gives us a poignant, enlightening view of her struggles as a child." --"The""Daily Beast"<br /><br />"Her story is a sound first step toward understanding your child's pain and finding solutions." --"Publishers Weekly"<br /><br />"As the father of an adult son with a severe mental illness, I found myself choking with emotion as I read Terri Cheney's riveting and illuminating account of her childhood growing-up with bipolar disorder. What did I miss as a loving father? Were there signs? Could I have saved my son? Cheney provides us with important insights from the eyes of the most innocent among us--our very own children." --Pete Earley, "New York Times" bestselling author of "CRAZY: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness"
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  About Truly Madly Guilty
  
  
  IF ONLY THEY’D SAID NO …
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Clementine is haunted by regret. It was just a barbeque. They didn’t even know
  their hosts that well, they were friends of friends. They could so easily have
  said no.
  
  
  
  
  
  But she and her husband Sam said yes, and now they can never change what they
  did and didn’t do that Sunday afternoon.
  
  
  
  
  
  Six responsible adults. Three cute kids. One playful dog. It’s an ordinary
  weekend in the suburbs. What could possibly go wrong?
  
  
  
  
  
  Marriage, sex, parenthood and friendship: Liane Moriarty takes these elements
  of our lives and shows us how guilt can expose the fault lines in any
  relationship, and it is not until we appreciate the fragility of life that we
  can truly value what we have.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  PRAISE FOR LIANE MORIARTY
  
  
  “Funny and scary” Stephen King
  
  
  “Sharply intelligent” Entertainment Weekly
  
  
  “Another gripping, satirical hit” Huffington Post
  
  
  “Can’t-put-downability” Oprah.com
  
  
  “Like drinking a pink cosmo laced with arsenic