Shoot the Damn Dog
Subtitle: A Memoir of Depression
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Published: June 16, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780393066784
Subjects: Family & Health; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs
Description: 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, 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.--From publisher description.