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Depression in Fiction (non-YA)

8 books — 4 voters

The Art of an Enlightened Woman by Sarah Voldeng

Books That See You Through - Comfort Reads

47 books — 34 voters

Never Say Never, Never Say Always by Susan S. Warner

Amazon Customers Also Bought or Read: Death, Grief and Loss Edition VI

69 books — 2 voters

Geoducks Are for Lovers by Daisy Prescott

Books for When You're Feeling Low

134 books — 77 voters

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

Which book Characters are you most like?

22 books — 7 voters

Amazon Customers Also Bought or Read: Death, Grief and Loss Edition V

101 books — 2 voters

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“ When the black thing was at its worst, when the illicit cocktails and the ten-mile runs stopped working, I would feel numb as if dead to the world. I moved unconsciously, with heavy limbs, like a zombie from a horror film. I felt a pain so fierce and persistent deep inside me, I was tempted to take the chopping knife in the kitchen and cut the black thing out I would lie on my bed staring at the ceiling thinking about that knife and using all my limited powers of self-control to stop myself from ...more ”
― Alice Jamieson, Today I'm Alice: Nine Personalities, One Tortured Mind

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“ I didn't realize there was a ranking." I said. "Sadie frowned. "What do you mean?" "A ranking," I said. "You know, what's crazier than what." "Oh, sure there is," Sadie said. She sat back in her chair. "First you have your generic depressives. They're a dime a dozen and usually pretty boring. Then you've got the bulimics and the anorexics. They're slightly more interesting, although usually they're just girls with nothing better to do. Then you start getting into the good stuff: the arsonists, t ...more ”
― Michael Thomas Ford

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