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Thompson, Tracy The Beast: A Reckoning With Depression
Putnam Pub Group 1995 0399140778 / 9780399140778 Hard Cover Fine Fine
Fine condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $23.95. 291 pages. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Synopsis Thompson was a well-regarded reporter for The Washington Post when, in 1989, she found herself in the terrifying, suicidal free-fall of a major depressive episode, the return of a Beast that had haunted her since her childhood in the traditionalist South. She survived, & like a good reporter, she kept notes & asked questions. The result is a lyrical yet dispassionate account of a lifelong battle to survive a mental illness. It chronicles Thompsons struggle to reclaim her career, her growing intellectual interest in depression, & her sobering realization of the toll her illness took on the people who loved her. Thompson also delineates the healing process for us. Annotation This revealing biography of an illness is eloquently told by a Washington Post journalist who has triumphed over depression. Never before has a writer so clearly grasped how the brain accounts for its own dysfunction. Thompson's story is told with a poet's voice--and a journalist's respect for uncomfortable truths. BookList A good investigative reporter will dig deep into her subject, attempting to enlighten her readers' knowledge. "Washington Post" reporter Thompson does that here, although in this case the subject is the personally difficult one of her own "beast" --her history of depression. Drawing on her journals from adolescence onward, Thompson details her emotional and mental history in brief, impressionistic scenes, creating a mosaic of the human mind's emotional complexities. Colloquially referred to as "the doldrums" or being "blue" or "low," depression has come to be regarded as a genuine illness, something requiring not only counseling, but medical intervention. Depression affects millions, and costs the U.S. economy $43.7 billion in medical expenses and lost productivity. Thompson fleshes it out informatively and compassionately. Anyone who has been affected directly or indirectly by depression will appreciate her work.
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