The Lily Pond (Trade Paper)

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A memoir that chronicles unflinchingly the destructiveness of bipolar disorder an illness that infiltrates thinking, feeling and acting in ways that change the very fabric of identity, of the life story one is telling oneself; however,The Lily Pondis equally searching in its exploration of the psyches resources in healing and reknitting that story.fiercely alive, marked by a sharp, unerring eye for detail and a wonderful way with metaphors.Toronto StarHis lucid prose brings to mind Poes Gothic horror, Hunter S. Thompsons strangeness (without the drug-craze), and William Burroughs ellipsis (without the disintegration). But it is perhaps closest to Roald Dahls intimate exploration of human oddity and use of surprise inSwitch Bitch.Globe and MailBarnes writes like a contrary angel, dazzling with his deft craft and smacking readers in the gut with concentrated and perceptive subjects.Malahat Review