Pre-order Rough Magic: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder

In just over three months, my first book will be in bookstores. Rough Magic is a memoir-in-essays about my experience living with BPD. It examines the causes, contradictions, and gifts at the core of the disorder while intertwining my experiences with abuse, housing insecurity, institutionalization, and mental illness. But, most importantly, it attempts to destigmatize and demystify one of the most misunderstood diagnoses in mental healthcare while highlighting the strengths that come with the disorder.

Though the essay collection isn’t out yet, you can order it in advance. Advance sales are a great way to support a new author like me and help my book succeed. Pre-order Rough Magic through your local bookstore or at:

What people are saying about Rough Magic:

…It’s books like this one that help make much-needed social and public policy changes.”
—Sheima Benembarek, author of Halal Sex

There are so few memoirs like Rough Magic: intimate, perspicacious, heartbreaking, and ultimately, hopeful. Miranda Newman is an exceptional, fearless storyteller. We’ve been waiting for a writer like her, and finally, here she is.
—Scaachi Koul, author of One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter

“Rough Magic is at once an honest, heartfelt memoir and a piece of incisive nonfiction—both facets combine to present a riveting account of an often misunderstood disorder penned with bracing sincerity…
—Craig Davidson, author of Cascade

(Read more advanced praise here.)

Thanks for your continued support!