REVIEWS
The New York Times, "If readers feel seen by this book and thus saved from the stigma they, like Gazmarian, might have carried like a cross, that's no small accomplishment." —Carlene Bauer
Los Angeles Review of Books, "Interwoven within Gazmarian's striking narrative of diagnosis, acceptance, and navigation of mental illness is the thread (and threat) of religion... her memoir dramatizes the highly individual and incredibly isolating process of wrestling with faith." —Courtney Tenz
Oprah Daily "A righteously angry debut, a testimony that will speak to both God-fearing and secular readers, any of us in search for a love not conditioned on obedience."
Publishers Weekly ★ starred review "Gazmarian's dazzling debut memoir delivers a potent examination of the intersection between faith and mental health."
Leslie Jamison, author of The Recovering "This moving memoir is always attuned to the possibilities of community and spiritual sustenance, even as it refuses to efface the struggles at its core."
Emily Rapp Black, author of Sanctuary "Gazmarian writes beautifully a story with the highest possible stakes."
Booklist "Gazmarian discovers that hope and lament can coexist; her perseverance deepens her faith, and she concludes on an optimistic note with a beautiful letter to her daughter."
America Magazine, Review: The intersection of faith and mental illness
Sojourners, When Heaven Isn’t Comfort
Commonweal Magazine, The Fire Goes Somewhere
Christian Century, Trending topics: Exvangelical women’s memoirs
INTERVIEWS
Southern Review of Books, Keeping the Faith With Bipolar Disorder: An Interview with Anna Gazmarian
The Rumpus, I Had to Find a New Language: A Conversation with Anna Gazmarian
BP Hope, Bipolar and Belief: Wrestling With Religion and Mental Health
Electric Literature, In “Devout,” Anna Gazmarian Reconciles a Bipolar Diagnosis With Her Evangelical Faith
PODCASTS
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