Hammerhead 84: A Memoir of Persistence
by Brett Hartman
Category: Biography & Autobiography

This memoir begins on the author's last day of high school in 1983 when he and a friend took part in a drunken prank gone horribly wrong, resulting in a $1.2 million lawsuit. The stress of that incident pushed him over the edge, into a psychotic breakdown and acts of violence, causing repeated hospitalizations and forced treatment. The narrative then turns to the author's recovery and emergence as a psychologist.