I'm currently reading Madness by Mayra Hornbacher. I agree with everyone that it is hard to put down; Hornbacher is a gifted writer and translated her life experience into a great story. It almost reads like fiction.

Her bipolar experience may be hard to relate to (has been for me, so far) if your bipolar didn't onset by the age of 4, you didn't get involved in drugs or alcohol, you don't cut, your illness is dominated by depression rather than mania, you're shy, and you've never suffered from an eating disorder.

Mayra is an inspiration; she has been very, very sick (with both bipolar and a serious eating disorder), but she still managed to successfully write such an incredible book. I look forward to reading the rest of it.