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The Two Shadows of Success
Andrew Spriggs
In The Two Shadows of Success, Andrew Spriggs describes his difficulty in obtaining a correct diagnosis of Bipolar Affective Disorder, a struggle made harder as he also came to grips with his sexuality.
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Andrew Spriggs
Born and raised in Chesterfield, his life was shaped dramatically after he was diagnosed with Bipolar Affective Disorder having spent a stressful time in France working to learn French. Having been sectioned and spent several months recovering, he was motivated to write about his own mental health issues, how others can recover, and how recovery can help patients, staff and all stakeholders to evolve given how much pressure there is facing our health services.
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New Release of My Book.
In The Two Shadows of Success, Andrew Spriggs describes his difficulty in obtaining a correct diagnosis of Bipolar Affective Disorder, a struggle made harder as he also came to grips with his sexuality.
There are two ways to read a book like this. On one hand, the misspellings, tightly packed, rambling passages and an instance where he calls a boyfriend by two different names in one paragraph, offer readers a sense of what it’s like to suffer as Spriggs did. You feel what “rapid cycling” means viscerally. That said, the writing issues can also become wearying. The story moves from school to job to vacation to school to job and becomes repetitive, and the typos and distracted tone make for slow going. The Two Shadows of Success would be more powerful with editing.
There are two ways to read a book like this. On one hand, the misspellings, tightly packed, rambling passages and an instance where he calls a boyfriend by two different names in one paragraph, offer readers a sense of what it’s like to suffer as Spriggs did. You feel what “rapid cycling” means viscerally. That said, the writing issues can also become wearying. The story moves from school to job to vacation to school to job and becomes repetitive, and the typos and distracted tone make for slow going. The Two Shadows of Success would be more powerful with editing.
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