MARYA HORNBACHER
Tuesday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m. Downstairs at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Avenue
--LATE BREAKING ADDITION!

Presented by The Elliott Bay Book Company. When Marya Hornbacher wrote her best-selling memoir Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, she did not yet know that the underlying reason for the chaos of her life was severe bipolar disease. In her new book, Madness: A Bipolar Life (Houghton Mifflin), she traces the story of her bipolar childhood, illustrating how bipolar disease often spawns a myriad of problems—from substance abuse and eating disorders to promiscuity and self-mutilation. Hornbacher's story also shows the power and endurance of love and friendship, and the possibility of achievement and redemption even in the face of severe mental illness. "With the same intimately revelatory and shocking emotional power that marked her earlier book, Hornbacher guides us through her labyrinth of psychological demons, characterized by public meltdowns and private craziness, which led to multiple stays in locked wards." - ELLE Magazine. $5 at the door (no advance tickets). Town Hall Seattle is located at 1119 Eighth Avenue (entry downstairs on Seneca. For more information, please see www.townhallseattle.org, or call Elliott Bay Book Company at (206) 624-6600.

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