Odyssey in Hell

by Wayne A. Wright

Odyssey In Hell is the heartbreaking record of a Bi-Polar patient's stay in a state mental institution that invites the reader into the mind of a man consumed by his illness and desperately seeking-if not a cure-then at least some tools to live with it. Wright's journal entries track the frightening mood swings of this affliction as he reflects on his his life, the medications he takes and the people he meets at the hospital. He writes about the problems in his past and his dreams of a future, sorely tested when he returns home to find that a family member has betrayed his trust and thrown him into a vortex of events that threaten his fragile new grasp on hope. This book will help you understand a life at the mercy of an erratic thought process. The author knows what it means to feel normal and think clearly but he is robbed of the ability to depend on his own mind by a disorder that refuses to allow him something we all take for granted.

216 pages, Paperback

First published February 28, 2005

Reviews

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

an amazing journal/journey of a man living with bi-polar disease.