{"product_id":"9781773024622","title":"Towards Sanity","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoseph Pirrello was on his way to becoming a classical virtuoso on the piano when he experienced his first psychotic episode at the age of eighteen. Over the next decade and a half, he found himself struggling to maintain a façade of normalcy, while inside he slowly unravelled. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom his stint in an all-Italian wedding band to a year spent in Tuscany, where he lived a bohemian life surrounded by artists and musicians, to a jazz-soaked semester as a music student in Montreal, Joseph takes the reader along on his sometimes humorous, heart-rending journey to find success as a musician while dealing with his yet-undiagnosed bipolar disorder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith unflinching honesty and insight, Joseph’s memoir recounts what it’s like to live with a mental illness. Once officially diagnosed, Joseph finds support in the Toronto-based mental health rehabilitation centre, Reconnect, where he sets out to put back the pieces of his life—and makes a surprising self-discovery that takes his life in a new direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with hope, this book attempts to find a silver lining in what is a devastating diagnosis, without diminishing the seemingly insurmountable challenges that mental illness brings. It is also a testament to the importance of friendship and acceptance without judgement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CMHA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47065829998832,"sku":"9781773024622","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781773024622_p0.jpg?v=1763709044","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781773024622","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}