num_pages: 323
description: The author weaves together past and present and family legend as he shares his personal story of dealing with depression, and his search through his family's paternal lines to find clues to his melancholy.
language: English
title: The Black Veil: A Memoir with Digressions
titlecomplete: The Black Veil: A Memoir with Digressions
genres: Biography, Psychology, Medical, Nonfiction, Memoir, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 482
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir
publisher: Little, Brown and Company