Many of Kidder’s subjects are coiled with enough energy to launch a missile, of course, but English has a psychiatric diagnosis to go with it. But today, he is wonderfully open and courageous about it. For a long time, he kept his diagnosis a secret. In his 20s, English was told he had bipolar disorder. There is, however, an element of English’s story that’s quite striking, one that makes “A Truck Full of Money” feel very much like a Tracy Kidder book. If Kidder was hoping for an airport business-book best-seller, I don’t think this is it.
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A Truck Full of Money: One Man’s Quest to Recover From Great Success
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