More or Less Maddy
More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova is a 2025 Personal Development book written by TED speaker Lisa Genova, paired here with the talk they gave.
The pairing
- Paired talk: "What you can do to prevent Alzheimer's" (2017), 8.9M views on TED.com
- Timing: Published 8 years after the talk.
- In the catalogue: The 2nd of 2 books by Lisa Genova on Books Worth Reading (2007–2025), by publication year.
- Edition: Scout Press, an imprint of Simon & Shuster, 2025 · 368 pages
The paired TED talk
What you can do to prevent Alzheimer's (2017), the TED talk by Lisa Genova.
From the publisher
Maddy Banks is just like any other stressed-out freshman at NYU. Between schoolwork, exams, navigating life in the city, and a recent breakup, it’s normal to be feeling overwhelmed. It doesn’t help that she’s always felt like the odd one out in her picture-perfect Connecticut family. But Maddy’s latest low is devastatingly low, convincing her to go on an antidepressant. She begins to feel good, dazzling good in fact, and she soon spirals high into a wild and terrifying mania that culminates in a diagnosis of bipolar disorder.
As she struggles to find her way in this new reality, navigating the complex effects bipolar has on her identity, her relationships, and her life dream, Maddy will have to figure out how to manage being both too much and not enough.