Welcome to my breakdown : a memoir
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New York : Atria Books, [2015].
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9781476751955, 1476751951, 9781476751962
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Published
New York : Atria Books, [2015].
Format
Book
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276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781476751955, 1476751951, 9781476751962

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"The nationally bestselling author of Good Hair and The Itch pens her first book of nonfiction, a "momoir" about her own journey caring for aging parents, raising children, being married, plunging to the depths of depression, and climbing her way out. My mother was gone. I never thought I would survive her death. A major bestselling novelist and former magazine editor, long married to a handsome and successful stockbroker with whom she has a beautiful daughter and son, Benilde Little once had every reason to feel on top of the world. But as illness, the aging of her parents, and other hurdles interrupted her seemingly perfect life, she took a tailspin into a pit of clinical depression. Told in her own fearless and wise voice, Welcome to My Breakdown chronicles a cavern of depression so dark that Benilde didn't know if she'd ever recover from what David Foster Wallace called "a nausea of the soul." She discusses everything from her Newark upbringing, once-frequent visits to a Muslim mosque, and how it felt to date a married man, to her doubts about marriage, being caught between elder care and childcare, and ultimately how she treated her depression and found a way out. Writing in the courageous tradition of great female storytellers such as Joan Didion, Nora Ephron, and Pearl Cleage, Benilde doesn't hold back as she shares insights, inspiration, and intimate details of her life. Powerful, relatable, and ultimately redemptive, Welcome to My Breakdown is a remarkable memoir about the power within us all to rise from despair and to feel hope and joy again"--,Provided by publisher.
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"A chronicle of clinical depression from a bestselling novelist"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Little, B. (2015). Welcome to my breakdown: a memoir . Atria Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Little, Benilde. 2015. Welcome to My Breakdown: A Memoir. Atria Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Little, Benilde. Welcome to My Breakdown: A Memoir Atria Books, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Little, Benilde. Welcome to My Breakdown: A Memoir Atria Books, 2015.

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