A Kind of Magic. Anna Spargo-Ryan. 2022.

Where do mental illness stories begin? 

Anna’s a,ways has too many feelings. Or not enough feelings - she’s never been quite sure. Debilitating panic. Extraordinary melancholy. Paranoia. Ambivalence. Fear. Dispair.

From anxious child to terrified parent, mental illness has been a constant. A harsh critic in the big moments - teenage pregnancy, divorce, a dream career, falling in love - and a companion in the small ones - getting to the supermarket, feeding all her cats, remembering which child is which. 

But between therapists’ rooms and emergency departments, there’s been a feeling even harder to explain… optimism.