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  • Published: 19 January 2013
  • ISBN: 9781742535623
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 272
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Madness: a Memoir




I've lived with acute psychosis and depression for the best part of twenty years.  This is the story of my journey from chaos to balance, and from limbo to meaning.

Kate Richards is a trained doctor currently working in medical research.
 
'Demands to be read' Sunday Age 
'Heart wrenching, mind bending' Daily Telegraph
'A mysteriously beautiful book' Michael McGirr, The Age 
'A gifted writer and storyteller' Courier-Mail
'Astonishing' Herald Sun

  • Published: 19 January 2013
  • ISBN: 9781742535623
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 272
Categories:

About the author

Kate Richards

Kate Richards is a writer of fiction, narrative nonfiction and poetry. She has a medical degree with honours and works part-time in medical research in Melbourne. Kate is the author of the critically acclaimed Madness: a memoir and the Penguin Special Is there no place for me?

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Awards & recognition

Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature

Winner  •  2014  •  Non-Fiction

Dobbie Literary Award

Winner  •  2014  •  Best First Book

Australian Book Industry Awards

Shortlisted  •  2014  •  Biography of the Year