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Lithium Jesus: A Memoir of Mania
Lithium Jesus: A Memoir of Mania
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Charles Monroe-Kane is a natural raconteur, and boy, does he have stories to tell. Born into an eccentric Ohio clan of modern hunter-gatherers, he grew up hearing voices in his head. Over a dizzying two decades, he was many things--teenage faith healer, world traveler, smuggler, liberation theologian, ladder-maker, squatter, halibut hanger, grifter, environmental warrior, and circus manager--all the while wrestling with schizophrenia and self-medication.
From Baby Doc's Haiti to the Czech Velvet Revolution, and from sex, drugs, and a stabbing to public humiliation by the leader of the free world, Monroe-Kane burns through his twenties and several bridges of youthful idealism before finally saying: enough.
In a memoir that blends engaging charm with unflinching frankness, Monroe-Kane gives his testimony of mental illness, drug abuse, faith, and love. By the end of Lithium Jesus there may be a voice in your head, too, saying "Do more, be more, live more. And fear less."
Author: Charles Monroe-Kane
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 09/20/1999
Pages: 152
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780299310004
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2016
From Baby Doc's Haiti to the Czech Velvet Revolution, and from sex, drugs, and a stabbing to public humiliation by the leader of the free world, Monroe-Kane burns through his twenties and several bridges of youthful idealism before finally saying: enough.
In a memoir that blends engaging charm with unflinching frankness, Monroe-Kane gives his testimony of mental illness, drug abuse, faith, and love. By the end of Lithium Jesus there may be a voice in your head, too, saying "Do more, be more, live more. And fear less."
Author: Charles Monroe-Kane
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 09/20/1999
Pages: 152
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780299310004
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2016
About the Author
Charles Monroe-Kane has won a Peabody Award for his work as a senior producer and interviewer for the program To the Best of Our Knowledge, broadcast on 220 public radio stations. He has reported for National Public Radio's Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
