Surviving the Odd
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Surviving the Odd

The Fine Line Between Laughter and Lithium

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eBook - ePub

Surviving the Odd

The Fine Line Between Laughter and Lithium

About this book

Surviving the Odd is a rare and deeply personal glimpse into a childhood spent in the halls of one of California's first homes for the mentally ill. With humor and an unflinching eye, Candi recounts growing up amidst psychiatric patients, a father who ran the care home like a nightclub, and a world where madness and laughter often blurred together. As she navigates through the chaos, she unearths a story of resilience, love, and the determination to find her own voice amidst the clamor of mental illness and societal disregard in the Bay Area during the 1970s.

This book is an unforgettable exploration of what it means to survive in a world that often feels on the edge, wrapped in the bittersweet absurdity of a life lived between punchlines and lithium prescriptions.

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Information

Publisher
Rare Bird Books
Year
2025
Print ISBN
9781644284759
eBook ISBN
9781644285329
Edition
0
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. The Pre-Ramble
  2. These Hallowed Halls of Lithium
  3. Born in a Trunk
  4. Call Me Crazy, but Here’s an Idea
  5. It’s in the Water, the Pool, the Gene Pool
  6. The House Where the Jesuses Live
  7. Madame Alexander Dolls and the Pope
  8. It’s Not Like They’re Going to Have to Live In the Parks
  9. Trick or Treat! (Hint: It’s a Trick…)
  10. When Family Visits
  11. Nixon v. Reagan v. ACLU v. Milo v. Lunatics
  12. When Tweedledee Was Boss
  13. Don’t Judge a Book by His Varsity Jacket
  14. Little Reasons I Live Alone
  15. We Three Kings Disoriented Are
  16. Sometimes a Hero Is More than a Sandwich
  17. Alice in Bewildered Land
  18. The Invisible (Wo)Man
  19. Skating and Ice Cream and Tomby, Oh My
  20. Keep Your Arms and Legs Inside the Moving Life
  21. St. Valentine Is the Patron Saint of Epilepsy
  22. Is It a Tangled Web If I Bob and Weave?
  23. One for My Baby, One More for the Road
  24. DingDingDingDingDingDing(deep breath)DingDingDingDingDing…
  25. A Buffalo Head Nickel
  26. The Ghost Light of My Soul
  27. I Just Wanted the Title
  28. Love Is a Four-Letter Word
  29. If She Taps, You’re F*%ked
  30. The Problem Is the Undiagnosed
  31. Packing It In
  32. A Comic’s Comic to the End
  33. Epilogue
  34. Acknowledgments