![]() ![]() And Zack McDermott - guy's a fleet, funny, unsentimental storyteller who manages that rare thing: He allows a damaged soul be found."―Kent Russell, author of I Am Sorry to Think I Have Raised a Timid Son ![]() Gorilla and the Bird is as piss-cuttin' a pieta as anyone has any right to hope for. "A startlingly moving memoir of mother and son, structural injustice and inflammable mental illness. I was so moved by this book and these people."―George Hodgman, New York Times bestselling author of Bettyville But McDermott's real achievement is capturing the moving determination and steadfast love of the mother who saves him, the remarkable Bird who breaks the loneliness, quiets the fear and gives him a home worth returning to. "Zack McDermott's portrait of a mind under assault from bi-polar illness is both fascinating and heart-breaking to observe, and he takes us into his experience with riveting intensity. I am better for reading this book."―Sarah Hepola, New York Times bestselling author of Blackout By allowing us to witness his lowest and most delusional moments, and the slow and tentative process of returning to the world, Zack McDermott provides a gripping portrait of a very real human battle too often ignored and misunderstood. "A funny, finely observed and surprisingly touching depiction of what it feels like to lose your mind. ![]() The story of a young man fighting to recover from a devastating psychotic break and the mother who refuses to give up on him Gorilla and the Bird A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love ![]()
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