He has also battled anxiety attacks and a bipolar condition with prescribed medication and self-medication, suffered a series of concussions that doctors fear have already caused brain damage, has been in and out of Alcoholics Anonymous, and has hit a bottom so low that, as recently as six years ago, all he was “capable of writing suicide notes. It would be hard to imagine a less reliable narrator for this disjointed memoir, but the shaky perspective adds to the emotional power and unflinching honesty.īefore writing this memoir, Roberge published four works of fiction ( The Cost of Living, 2013, etc.), and he has continued to teach creative writing at the university level while playing guitar in a punk-rock band.
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