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Unholy Ghost
Writers on Depression
by Nell Casey
ISBN: 0060007826
ISBN-13: 9780060007829
Format: Paperback
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Summary
The 22 pieces collected here describe the nature of depression and its daunting effects. Ann Beatie, Larry McMurty, William Styron, and Ama Danquah, among others, share their insight.
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"[T]hese essays address depression with notable sanity and stylistic elegance, exploring the debilitating conditions that fall under the depression umbrella more strongly than any single memoir could."
-- Entertainment Weekly
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Harpercollins
Published date: 2002
Size: 5.25 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.5 pounds
Publisher's Notes
Unholy Ghost is a unique collection of essays about depression that, in the spirit of William Styron's Darkness Visible, finds vivid expression for an elusive illness suffered by more than one in five Americans today. Unlike any other memoir of depression, however, Unholy Ghost includes many voices and depicts the most complete portrait of the illness. Lauren Slater eloquently describes her own perilous experience as a pregnant woman on antidepressant medication. Susanna Kaysen, writing for the first time about depression since Girl, Interrupted, criticizes herself and others for making too much of the illness. Larry McMurtry recounts the despair that descended after his quadruple bypass surgery. Meri Danquah describes the challenges of racism and depression. Ann Beattie sees melancholy as a consequence of her writing life. And Donald Hall lovingly remembers the "moody seesaw" of his relationship with his wife, Jane Kenyon. The collection also includes an illuminating series of companion pieces. Russell Banks's and Chase Twichell's essays represent husbandand-wife perspectives on depression; Rose Styron's contribution about her husband's struggle with melancholy is paired with an excerpt from William Styron's Darkness Visible; and the book's editor, Nell Casey, juxtaposes her own essay about seeing her sister through her depression with Maud Casey's account of this experience. These companion pieces portray the complicated bond -- a constant grasp for mutual understandingforged by depressives and their family members. With an introduction by Kay Redfield Jamison, Unholy Ghost allows the bewildering experience of depression to be adequately and beautifully rendered. The twenty-two stories that make up this book will offer solace and enlightenment to all readers.
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Casey, Nell
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Scarborough, ON, Canada: HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, 2001. 5.5 x 8 trade paperback book. Black and gold lettering on the white and illustrated spine and cover. Unholy Ghost is a unique collection that, in the spirit of William Styron's Darkness Visible, finds vivid expression for an elusive illness suffered by more than one in five Americans today. 299 pages. 3rd Printing. Clean. Tight binding. Fine condition.. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. ( more information) Offered by Connie Popek, Bookseller (United States)
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New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 2002 Trade paperback. Very Good plus; pictorial wraps, minimal signs of shelfwear. Unique collection that finds expression for an elusive illness, depression, suffered by more than one in five Americans today. Essays from such writers as Lauren Slater, S usanna Kaysen, Larry McMurtry, several more.. Soft Cover. Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Harborview Books (United States)
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