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A memoir about anxiety, our minds, and optimism in spite of it all Where do mental illness stories begin? Anna's always had too many feelings. Or not enough feelings – she's never been quite sure. Debilitating panic. Extraordinary melancholy. Paranoia. Ambivalence. Fear. Despair. From anxious child to terrified parent, mental illness has been a constant. A harsh critic in the big moments – teenage pregnancy, divorce, a dream career, falling in love – and a companion in the small ones – getting to the supermarket, feeding all her cats, remembering which child is which. But between therapists' rooms and emergency departments, there's been a feeling even harder to explain ... optimism. In this sharp-eyed and illuminating memoir, award-winning writer Anna Spargo-Ryan pieces together the relationships between time, mental illness, and our brain as the keeper of our stories. Against the backdrop of her own experience, she interrogates reality, how it can be fractured, and why it's so hard to put it back together. Powerfully honest, tender and often funny, A Kind of Magic blends meticulous research with vivid snapshots of the stuff that breaks us, and the magic of finding ourselves agai

Who reads A Kind of Magic?

Author

Anna Spargo-Ryan

Publisher

Ultimo Press

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781761150746

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Health & Fitness, Medical, Memoir

Rating

3.64 / 5 (118 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14