Shoot the Damn Dog: A Memoir of Depression - Hardcover

Brampton, Sally

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393066789 ISBN 13: 9780393066784

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., 2008

Synopsis

A searing, raw memoir of depression that is ultimately uplifting and inspiring. A successful magazine editor and prize-winning journalist, Sally Brampton launched Elle magazine in the UK in 1985. But behind the successful, glamorous career was a story that many of her friends and colleagues knew nothing about--her ongoing struggle with severe depression and alcoholism. Brampton's is a candid, tremendously honest telling of how she was finally able to address the elephant in the room, and of a culture that sends the overriding message that people who suffer from depression are somehow responsible for their own illness. She offers readers a unique perspective of depression from the inside that is at times wrenching, but ultimately inspirational, as it charts her own coming back to life. Beyond her personal story, Brampton offers practical advice to all those affected by this illness. This book will resonate with any person whose life has been haunted by depression, at the same time offering help and understanding to those whose loved ones suffer from this debilitating condition.

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Review:

Down-to-earth, honest, sometimes painful, often moving ... What stands out is the book's tone: its honesty, its wisdom and its courage (Daily Telegraph)

Brave and honest ... It must have been terribly painful to write it. But, golly, am I glad that Sally Brampton did (Independent)

She writes of her despair with such fluidity and lyricism (Observer)

Brampton's obsessively honest, angry account ... aims to explode the myth that depression happens only to losers ... This brave and moving memoir challenges all the clichés about mental illness ... All who know the pain of depression will find the book immensely useful, and so will their friends and relations (Sunday Times)

Book Description:

'This brave and moving memoir challenges all the clichés about mental illness ... All who know the pain of depression will find the book immensely useful, and so will their friends and relations' Sunday Times

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0393066789
• ISBN 13: 9780393066784
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336