For this month's book, our lovely Kiki has chosen Hurry Down Sunshine by Micheal Greenburg. This memoir centers around the summer his teenage daughter Sally, who experienced her first manic episode the summer that she was 15 and is later diagnosed with Bipolar 1. Written through the author's eyes he describes her mania then later recounts her stay in the hosptital ward, the medication that changes her energy and personality, the medical staff and the other patients in the ward. It chronicals his struggle to understand her illness his guilt and the stigma of mental illness, and his unwavering support to help her overcome it.
