Review: An important read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 30, 2013
I have never read a self-help book before. I'm glad my first experience of one was Dolores Ayotte's Up the 'Down' Ladder. This book was brilliant. Ayotte offers help through a friendly, comfortable manner. It feels as if you are taking advice from a close and wise friend. This book is about dealing with depression, and how the first step of dealing with it is not to ignore the problem and not to feel ashamed with accepting the truth that in this moment you are depressed but that it is correctible.Ayotte draws the reader in, you realise that she suffered depression and through her you understand that it can happen to anyone but so long as you approach it in the right way, you can get better. You can get up the 'Down' ladder. You accompany her on her journey, which is often sprinkled with humour. This is a book worth reading, and one you should always keep on a shelf, just in case.