Title: The Scent of Dried Roses
Description: A history of a family and depression, and of the changing attitudes to depression and mental illness in Britain. The author, Tim Lott, had a nervous breakdown and was nursed back to health by his mother, who then committed suicide. Lott began to uncover a family history of depression.
Subjects: Mothers and sons, Biography, Depressed persons, Suicide victims, Social pressure, Editors