JUST LIKE SOMEONE WITHOUT MENTAL ILLNESS ONLY MORE SO: A MEMOIR

Book ID/图书代码： 01240010B36821

English Summary/英文概要： More than thirty years after the publication of his acclaimed memoir The Eden Express, Mark Vonnegut continues his remarkable story in this searingly funny, iconoclastic account of coping with mental illness, finding his calling as a pediatrician, and learning that willpower isn’t nearly enough.

Here is Mark’s childhood spent as the son of a struggling writer in a house that eventually held seven children after his aunt and uncle died and left four orphans. And here is the world after Mark was released from a mental hospital to find his family forever altered. At the late age of twenty-eight—and after nineteen rejections—Mark was accepted to Harvard Medical School, where he gained purpose, a life, and some control over his condition.

The brilliantly evoked events of Mark Vonnegut’s life are at once perfectly unique and achingly relatable. There are the manic episodes, during which he felt burdened with saving the world, juxtaposed against the real-world responsibilities of running a pediatric practice. At times he felt that his parents’ lives would improve if only they had a few hundred more bucks in their bank account, while at other points his father’s fame merely heightened expectations that he be better, funnier (and crazier) than the average person.

Ultimately a tribute to the small, daily, and positive parts of a life interrupted by bipolar disorder, Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So is a wise, unsentimental, and inspiring book that will resonate with generations of readers.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《直通伊甸园：有关疯癫的研究报告》（The Eden Express）出版已30余年，然作者马克依旧声名不减，传奇不灭。
马克儿时父亲是个穷作家，家里有7个小孩、4个孤儿共同生活。自他从精神病院出来，他发现他的家庭再也回不去了。年逾28，马克经过19次的碰壁，终于考入哈佛医学院，从此生活无忧。
一时间，作者的事迹风起云涌，独一无二，触目惊心。有时候，他会想要是他们家银行存款再多点，他父母的生活就会得到改善，他父亲的威望会更高。
本书不感性但是很有智慧，相信会对一代代读者产生一定影响。(兼职翻译-XJJ)

Awards/获奖情况：每周出版人（Publishers Weekly）：“小说家之后以及饱受间歇性精神分裂困扰使得这部传记独树一帜。作者童年与父亲相处的不是十分愉快，20几岁便患上精神病。他康复后继续深造，进了哈佛大学医学院，成为小儿科医生。作者生动展现了声音的逻辑等，他独具慧眼，获得了罕见的见解。”
吉尔伯特泰勒（Gilbert Taylor），书单（Booklist）：“作者二十几岁便与精神疾病展开斗争，同时他用笔记下来了这个痛苦的过程。本书就是为我们呈现了他如何与病魔抗争，拼命工作养家糊口的情形。作者没有辜负老父期望。”
帕蒂德克（Patty Duke）：“佛内哥特先生此书大大超出意料之外，我是带着敬畏的心情读的，一边读一边享受大笑的滋味。家有精神疾患的人士不再迷茫彷徨，他们看到了希望的曙光这都要归功于作者的功劳。”
帕奇阿达姆（Patch Adams），医学博士：“马克和我相识于1971年，本书让我异常亲切。作者毫无保留分享了自己精神受伤的过程，并且告诉你要勇于走出内心阴霾，相信生活自有它的道理。”
朱莉霍兰德（Julie Holland），医学博士，《贝尔福的周末》（Weekends at Bellevue: Nine Years on the Nightshift at the Psych E.R.）作者：“身为精神患者和儿科医生的身份，作者献身说法，为健康努力。他是敬业的，让人看到了他的两面性。”

About the Author/作者介绍： 马克??佛内哥特（Mark Vonnegut）是已故科特??佛内哥特夫妇独生子，全职开业儿科医生，目前和妻儿住在马萨诸塞州，著有《直通伊甸园：有关疯癫的研究报告》（The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity）。
Mark Vonnegut is the only son of the late Kurt Vonnegut and Jane Cox Vonnegut and the author of The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity, an ALA Notable Book. A full-time practicing pediatrician, he lives in Massachusetts with his wife and son.

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