Review: Compelling and inspiring!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 3, 2013
I believe I've never read a memoir before in my life. I read biographies when I was young -- used to love them back then, but never memoirs.Nevertheless, the moment I read the description of "My Alien Self, My Journey back to me', by Amanda Green, I wanted to read it.The journey described is intense, almost brutal at some points. And yet there's tenderness in the way Amanda tells it all, no holding back--after all, it's her life; she's her own main character.Reading fiction can be easy, even if the subject is difficult, because you have the comfort of knowing it all came from a creative mind; here, however, it all really happened.This is a tough story, but it's also about redemption and recovery. It will make you change your pre-conceptions about mental illness, and will certainly help so many people!