It's a simple, delightful premise: a journal of microdosing. Then Waldman brings so much to the project that it turns into something else, something far more beguiling . . . The result is <b>constantly entertaining</b>, slyly educational, and surprisingly <b>moving</b> . . . <b>I don't know another writer like her.</b>" * William Finnegan, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning Barbarian Days *<br />Ignoring decades of drug war propaganda, Ayelet Waldman bravely chose to take back her psyche using forbidden medicine. The result is this <b>candid and fearless</b> mental travelogue.<b> Funny, wise, surprising</b>, and all too human, this book about peering through the veil of self may just - if you dare to let it - drive you sane * Walter Kirn, author of Up in the Air and Blood Will Out *<br /><b>Crisp</b>, <b>hilarious</b>, and weirdly <b>optimistic</b>, Ayelet Waldman breaks from the convention of mental health memoir the way an acid head breaks from reality. At its core this is a deeply romantic story about the redemptive power of marriage, surprising and easy to celebrate. * Jenni Konner, showrunner and executive producer of Girls, co-founder of Lenny Letter *<br />Ayelet Waldman is <b>fearless</b>, which is our good fortune and sometimes hers. That boldness led to her fruitful adventures in mind-altering substances recounted here. Subtly <b>mind-altering</b>; this is a book about sub-hallucinatory microdoses of LSD but also about marriage and family life, insomnia, addiction, her past as a defense attorney, our insane drug laws, moods and dispositions and afflictions, and a lot of other stuff braided into an<b> informative, amusing, nonchalantly incendiary</b> narrative. You could call this book her war on the war on drugs, but it's <b>so much more</b>, <b>and</b> <b>so much more funny</b>. * Rebecca Solnit, author of A Field Guide to Getting Lost *<br />Novelist and essayist Waldman (<i>Bad Mother</i>) - mother of four, married to another high-profile writer (Michael Chabon) - worked as a federal public defender and taught at prestigious law schools. After struggling with mood swings and bouts of depression, Waldman becomes a 'self-study psychedelic researcher,' taking small doses of LSD on repeating three-day cycles and discovers plenty to exonerate the illicit substance . . . A <b>highly engaging</b> combination of research and self-discovery, laced with some <b>endearingly honest </b>comic moments. She is exactly the sort of sensible, middle-aged, switched-on, spontaneous woman whom any reader would enjoy taking a trip with * Publisher's Weekly, starred review *<br /><p>In this <b>raw, honest,</b> and ultimately <b>hopeful</b> journey, Waldman takes us deep into the forest of her mind and moods. The success of her story with microdosing reminds the medical and legal communities how much still remains to be understand about the brain.</p> * Dr. David Eagleman, neuroscientist, author, creator of the PBS series The Brain *<br />A <b>hilarious, intriguing, and thoroughly persuasive </b>account of how a middle-aged mother of four, a writer and lawyer terrified of drugs, found life-changing serenity by microdosing with LSD. It seems that LSD can not only make walls breathe and worlds become one, but turn grouchy, yelling people into happy, reasonable ones. Ayelet Waldman's <b>terrific </b>book holds out hope to the mood-afflicted everywhere that there is a solution to their misery without the side-effects of anti-depressants - a solution that doesn't produce mystical revelations but just a really good day. <b>LSD is illegal, but fortunately this book isn't, and it has much the same effect.</b> * Larissa MacFarquhar, author of Strangers Drowning *