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Juliet The Maniac: A Novel

by Juliet Escoria

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"In Juliet the Maniac, the apocalypse is an internal problem. Juliet is a young woman suffering from depression; she feels alienated and has twice attempted suicide. In the aftermath, she’s stuck in a psychiatric institution, and her life keeps deteriorating as she struggles with unhelpful medication and her need to understand herself. Walking a fine line between autobiography and fiction, this is a gloomy narrative about mental illness that slowly transforms into a story about discovering hope when there is none, allowing ourselves to believe in redemption and finding ways to heal."
NPR Books We Love — 2019 · apps.npr.org