Crazy Enough: A Memoir
Rock singer Large recounts how, as a child, her world revolved around grappling with her mother’s many bouts of instability and worrying about the next time her mother would wind up in the hospital. Large’s great fear—that she might suffer the same fate—was confirmed  by a careless comment by a doctor who told her that her mother’s condition was hereditary and she was doomed to fall prey to it as well. Large withdrew from her family and turned to sex and drugs as an outlet for her pain and anger. She slept with older men and did a wide array of drugs, resulting in, among other woes, nearly being arrested and  getting kicked out of school. Rock and roll, specifically the formation of her band, saved Large, giving her a focus for her energy and creativity. Raw and ultimately downright inspiring, Large’s chronicle of her ascension to rock fame as her band achieves indie cred and she competes in a reality TV show will leave readers gratified that she escaped her mother’s sad fate. --Kristine Huntley