Documenting a young woman's bout with schizophrenia, this lucid novel is told in a staggering first-person style. The result is a surprising, charismatic narrative from an author who was a trained writer prior to her first psychotic episode and was therefore in a unique position to convey the breadth and depth of her confusion and despair. In the tradition of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, this work is a remarkable glimpse at a disease that silences many.