Bipolar bare, my life journey with mental disorder, a memoir

Writer, artist, architect Carlton Davis takes you on an illustrated wild ride through his life as a young boy- the chip in a figurative poker game between a socialite father and a nightclub singer mother that includes felony, foster care, and child abuse - to his days as a bohemian artist in Los Angeles; his resurrection as a stable buddhist meditator; and on to his crash as a cross-dressing crack addict strung out with fits of mad mania and crushing suicidal depression. After years of failure he finds redemption in diagnosis and medication.