{"product_id":"the-sad-stays-9781959104025","title":"The Sad Stays","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ashley Lumpkin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Scuppernong Editions\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Scuppernong Editions\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I cannot promise this is exactly how it happened, but you can trust this is exactly how it felt.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Sad Stays\u003c\/em\u003e, Ashley Lumpkin weaves poetry and prose, intake form and erasure, screenplay and hymn, to explore the experience of living with mental illness. At turns humorous and heart-rending, this inventive memoir presents a portrait of bipolar disorder beyond its popular misconceptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLumpkin lets us in on her conversations with doctors, therapists and friends, both romantic and platonic. She wrestles with questions of identity, faith and responsibility in the face of a disease she can barely control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sad Stays\u003c\/em\u003e offers us a new, lyrical lens through which to comprehend a widely stigmatized and misunderstood illness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scuppernong Editions","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45164366561431,"sku":"9781959104025","price":1236.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781959104025.webp?v=1768572362","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-sad-stays-9781959104025","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}