<p>David Fitzpatrick’s <em>Sharp</em> is an extraordinary memoir—a fascinating, disturbing look into the mind of a man who, in his early 20s, began cutting himself due to a severe mental illness. A beautifully written treatment of a powerful subject, Fitzpatrick—whose symptoms included extreme depression and self-mutilation—writes movingly and honestly about his affliction and inspires readers with his courage, joining the literary ranks of Terri Cheney (<em>Manic</em>), Augusten Burroughs (<em>Running with Scissors</em>), Marya Hornbacher (<em>Wasted</em>), and Susanna Kaysen (<em>Girl, Interrupted</em>).</p><p>“A harrowing journey from self-destructive psychosis to a cautious re-emergence into the flickering sunshine of the sane world….Fitzpatrick writes about mental illness with the unsparing intensity of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton but also with the hard-won self-knowledge of William Styron, Kay Jamison, and other chroniclers of disease, recovery, and management…. A must read, remarkably told.”<br />—Wally Lamb, author of <em>I Know This Much is True</em></p>