01958cam a2200349 i 4500 1907807654 TxAuBib 20250205120000.0 240829s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024945321 9781668026168 1668026163 (OCoLC)1482381618 TxAuBib rda Genova, Lisa., author. More or less Maddy : a novel / Lisa Genova. First Scout Press hardcover edition. New York : Scout Press, 2025. ©2025. 360 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A novel about a young woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder who rejects the stability and approval found in a traditionally "normal" life for a career in stand-up comedy. Maddy Banks is just like any other stressed-out freshman at NYU. Between schoolwork, exams, navigating life in the city, and a recent breakup, it's normal to be feeling overwhelmed. It doesn't help that she's always felt like the odd one out in her picture-perfect Connecticut family. But Maddy's latest low is devastatingly low, and she goes on an antidepressant. She begins to feel good, dazzling in fact, and she soon spirals into a wild and terrifying mania that culminates in a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. As she struggles to find her way in this new reality, navigating the complex effects bipolar has on her identity, her relationships, and her life dreams, Maddy will have to figure out how to manage being both too much and not enough"-- 20250205. Women college students Fiction. Mental illness Fiction. College students Fiction. Stand-up comedy Fiction. Family Fiction. Comedy Drama.