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Book Review of He Wanted the Moon: The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter's Quest to Know Him

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He Wanted the Moon: The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter's Quest to Know Him by Mimi Baird and Eve Claxton is a heartbreaking story of bipolar disorder and its devastating effect on a patient and a family. This book is in part excerpts from Dr. Baird's journal from the 1940s. The realities of his illness are all the more harsh heard through his own voice.

Read my complete review at: http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2015/02/he-wanted-moon-madness-and-medical.html

Reviewed for LibraryThing Early Reviewers program