Sunbathing in the Rain: A Cheerful Book on Depression - Couverture souple

Lewis, Gwyneth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1843105055 ISBN 13 : 9781843105053

Editeur : Jessica Kingsley Pub, 2007

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This might well be the Age of Depression. More people than ever now experience the disease directly or see a friend or relative succumb to it. Among their number is Gwyneth Lewis. And she set about writing this book simply because she wished something like it had existed for her when she was in the middle of her depression. Depression is assassination. The depressive is both victim and detective - charged with tracking down the perpetrator of his or her own murder. By drawing on her own experience of struggling with the affliction, by highlighting ways of coping, ways of truth-telling, and ways of thriving, in a straightforward, robust fashion full of casual wisdom and easy wit, Gwyneth re-embarks on a journey that nearly killed her first time round and returns with this, perhaps the first truly undogmatic, undemanding, downright useful book about depression.

Revue de presse

Sunbathing in the Rain is undoubtedly the best book I have ever read about one person's experience of depression. --Dorothy Rowe, author of Breaking the Bonds

This upbeat, very readable and engaging view of depression as a temporary retrenchment, a breathing space in which to adjust better to life, makes encouraging reading. --Spectator

Gwyneth Lewis writes with clarity, beauty and metaphorical precision. She conveys the darkness, the silence, the selfishness, the mental clutter of depression brilliantly. --Simon Hattenstone, Guardian

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jessica Kingsley Pub
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1843105055
• ISBN 13: 9781843105053
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 218
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible