2015 Reading Challenge, Book 11: Wasted and Madness by Marya Hornbacher

I chose to read two books for this category, both memoir as opposed to biography. Marya Hornbacher gets right to the nitty gritty in these books, she tears down any veils of gauze to show herself exactly as she was. That in itself is both vital and hugely helpful, especially for those of us who suffer similarly. We often lie to ourselves that things are not that bad, that we’re OK, coping, doing fine, when the opposite is true.

We hide out of shame, because we fear being stigmatised and judge...