Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See
by Juliann Garey
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Pub Date Dec 26 2012 | Archive Date Jan 15 2013
Description
“You won’t be able to put down this exhilarating debut novel... brave and touching.”
—Marie Claire
In her tour-de-force first novel, Juliann Garey takes us inside the restless mind, ravaged heart, and anguished soul of Greyson Todd—a successful Hollywood studio executive who leaves his wife and young daughter for a decade to travel the world, giving free reign to the bipolar disorder he’s been forced to keep hidden for almost 20 years. The novel intricately weaves together three timelines: the story of Greyson’s travels (Rome, Israel, Santiago, Thailand, Uganda); the progressive unraveling of his own father seen through Greyson’s childhood eyes; and the intricacies and estrangements of his marriage. The entire narrative unfolds in the time it takes him undergo twelve 30-second electroshock treatments in a New York psychiatric ward.
Advance Praise
“A
racing, vertiginous read, harrowing and heart-breaking and humorous at
once. Greyson Todd has a magnetic presence, from which it is extremely
difficult to step away. Juliann Garey has written a brilliant novel, allowing us the privilege of travelling—hurtling, really—in
the presences of Grey’s troubled mind. By doing so, she makes his
single, deeply moving story something even greater: a comment on family,
and illness, and the complicated tracks that remain within our memory,
waiting to be traveled down again.”
—Daniel Mason, author of The Piano Tuner
“Garey evokes in stark detail the torment and raw suffering of mental illness. A compelling read.”
—Library Journal, Starred Review
“As heartbreaking as The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and as hilarious as A Confederacy of Dunces, I think Garey is a genius."
—Jennifer Belle, author of High Maintenance and The Seven Year Bitch
“Juliann Garey writes with stark, lucid power about the tumbling journey into madness and the agonizing climb back out. Her electric prose trembles and her images vibrate at the edges, affording a rare and precious experience of the troubled mind from the inside out. It's essential writing—terrifying, exhilarating, absurd, achingly human and absolutely compelling.”
—Brian Yorkey, author of Next To Normal
“Garey breathes life into an uncomfortable and often misunderstood subject and creates a riveting experience.”
—Kirkus Reviews
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781616951290 |
| PRICE | $25.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 224 |
