Depression Books

Este libro te establece y refuerza los hábitos con los que podemos apreder a ser felices, aún pasaNdo tribulaciones y experiencias te puedes mantener feliz para toda la VIDA

CURIOSA... ¡Qué sorpresa !
Jamas habria creido que llegar a la cumbre de la FELICIDAD ES TAN SIMPLE Y QUE SE APRENDE CON UNOS CUANTOS HABITOS SENCILLISIMOS !

ESTE LIBRO VALE MAS QUE EL ORO !

habiendo sido una mujer melancolica siempre, me convencì de aceptar la filosofia de este libro... ¿y que creen?
No solo estoy feliz.. ¡hasta encontré novio y me caso en septiembre !

ES UNA COSTUMBRE... Y este libro establece y refuerza los hábitos con los que podemmos aprender a SER FELICES PARA SIEMPRE !

The audio is relaxing. I listen to it in my car driving to work in the traffic and it takes the edge. I believe in subliminals. You've got to be willing to be open minded though.

I got results from this cd about 1 week of hearing it (but I kept on listening nightly for months- even now). I began just feeling happier. I did not dwell on the negative as much. Worries came up but I knew things would be ok in the end.
People started commenting about me smiling more in about 1 to 2 months of listening. Now about 5 months later, people comment a lot on my sunny diposition and even temper. Considering that I came out of a two month coma years ago, which included heart surgery and a buffet of emotional problems, I would say this subliminal CD is great food for the subconscious mind.

I have been listening to subliminals for years and found this one to work -- not only very well but very quickly. The music is beautiful and I found that within days my attitude and outlook improved and have continued to do so.

When a friend suggested I try this cd, I did, partially to humor her and also with just a little curiosity. I've been stuck in a rut, and not very happy about it, but unable to muster up the energy or motiviation to do anything about this.

I started listening to the cd on my way to work every morning - the music is nice and so I didn't mind giving it a few days trial. After the first morning I found myself walking with a lighter step, more optimistic and less bothered by trivial things. I've taken to listening to it on a regular basis, and have discovered my "old self" again. Even my coworkers who know nothing about this cd have commented on how much happier I am. I've actually taken active steps to improve my social life and meet new friends for the first time in years and am getting the rest of my life organized at last. It seems a little hard to believe, even to me, but I have to credit the cd and the messages buried in it for my improved outlook on life.

I can't explain why this has worked, but it has, and I highly recommend it! Next I'm going to try the fitness and weight loss cd. *g*

I loved that Maggie seemed like a real girl. She reacted in the same way that one would imagine for her age and circumstance. The characters were all believable which made me care how things turned out for Maggie. It was interesting to wonder what her treasure was. Actually she had two treasures. One was the one in the book and the other was the love she felt and the understanding she had at the end.

This book is excellent reading for a young Christian girl. However, one doesn't have to be young to enjoy this story - I am a grandmother and really enjoyed reading it. The story talks about the Lord and the part he plays in the lives of all involved. I am looking forward to reading many more adventures written by Sandy Waggoner.

I absolutely fell in love with Maggie, so full of life and energy. I loved the way she interacted with her new family and cried with her when her world was turned upside down. I can't wait to read more about Maggie and her adventures with her sisters. I bought the book for my niece who loves to read and is just starting to read 'chapter' books in school. A delightful character in a delightful book and definitely one worth sharing.

This is a great book about a little girl, during a very difficult time in her life. She is a realistic child that pulls at your heartstrings. I can't wait to read about her next adventure. I read the book quickly and then gave it to my daughter. She is enthralled.

Drew Lerman, currently a freshman at Dartmouth, won the Push Novel Contest for this book while only a junior in high school. Those who read about Miami, the Magic City, will be captivated by Lerman's writing talents.

Henry suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), though its origins aren't revealed immediately. At the moment he is struggling with the end of his relationship with longtime girlfriend Becca. He knows he loves her, but they aren't getting along; the more he tries to force it to work, the less it does.

Bill, a childhood friend of Henry's, hosts poker games where lots of guys gather for long nights. It is there that Henry gets to know Charlie, an expelled teen with strong opinions and illegal habits. Charlie is able to rationalize everything by showing how nothing really matters. Henry is ready for some advice and eagerly follows all that Charlie says and does --- for a while.

A night at a party brings Henry to Rachel, a girl who saved his life during a traumatic experience. They make out, even though Becca also is present at the party. Charlie is up to his own mischief that night, and soon the cards are falling from his bravado.

Slowly, Henry pieces together what PTSD is and what he is really feeling about people and events. He rediscovers Bill and real friendship at the same time that his relationship with Charlie changes for the worse. Henry is ready to own up to the fact that he has treated Rachel badly and decides to do something positive for her.

The guy perspective on a breakup is good to have and rarely seen in novels. Another great aspect of this book is that it doesn't tie everything up neatly. Henry recognizes that he and Becca may not have a future, though he knows he is in love with her. Both males and females will relate to those feelings.

Most readers will recognize in Charlie a worship friendship that is not good for the receiver, in this case Henry. Everyone has them at some point or another. While only Henry is surprised at Charlie's ultimate betrayal, readers will be rooting for Henry during his struggle with survival and identity.

--- Reviewed by Amy Alessio

PUSH Writing Intern alumnus Drew Lerman won his internship when he was a junior in high school. MAGIC CITY is a testament to Lerman's incredible writing talent at such a young age. Lerman's handle on the English language and ability to portray characters so real and tangible creates those rare moments of escapism all readers hopefully look for in a novel.

Henry is the protagonist. He's suffering. He's suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome after he was left alone in his home when a hurricane hit the Magic City of Miami, tearing his home to mere shambles with him still in the house. Now he's loaded up on pills and is being constantly reminded by everything around him of memories of what his therapist says he should forget.

Henry's newly befriended comrade in arms, Charlie, likes to see Henry up against the wall, gun to his head, finger to the trigger, suffering. Charlie is the embodiment of Lerman's clever literary device to foil Henry, and to spark, among other things, deep-minded philosophical Q&A sessions -- whose topics run anywhere from whether or not the whole world can be grouped into three different types of people to Nietzsche-sourced references of power, control, and 'God is dead.'

Henry wants to believe that everything that's going on is okay. That it's in the past, okay, good, get over it. But he can't, and he's suffering. And his girlfriend broke up with him.

Showing bear-down command of rhetoric and prose, Drew Lerman's debut novel showcases him as a voice quite unheard of before. His portrayal of high school life and the internal struggles of human nature in teenagers lends itself to all people and is significantly compelling and very original.

Cheers to D.L.

Reviewed by: Long Nguyen

If you're the kind to judge a book by it's cover, be forewarned that this book involves very little poker at all and will NOT improve your skills. It also has very little to do with magic.

That being said, it IS a touching and amusing story about a young man's struggle with the realities of growing up. As if the challenges of love and friendships in high school weren't enough for Henry (the main character), he also has to deal with the crippling effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after his house was destroyed by a hurricane with him alone in it.

Yeah it may sound contrived and trite, but it actually is a worthwhile read and an interesting exploration of the dynamics of romance and friends during an impressionable time of any person's life. The author paints the story with such imagination, wit and easy to relate prose that this book really stands out against the sea of other teen-oriented fiction novels.

I also recommend reading The Fountainhead or The Metamorphosis if you enjoyed this book.

This book is great! FUN! INTERESTING! and GOOD READING! Great new author!




MHKS 2006!

"Nothing - not bird claws, and not fingers, especially not B's fingers - would
ever tangle themselves in my hair again, scaring me, holding me prisoner." Mercy
Donnelly has just started a new high school at the end of October, and her fellow grade
10 classmates are reluctant to accept her dark wardrobe and short, choppy jet-black hair.
Mercy rarely lets anyone get close to her, and isolates herself from the world. To make
matters worse, her life at home is no better. Her mother, Pearl, is slowly falling into a
deep depression, and most of her time is spent lying awake on her bed, staring at her
plain walls and closed curtains that haven't been opened in months. Mercy's aunt,
Maureen (whom Mercy has always called "Moo"), has just chosen a new boyfriend to
bring into their home. His real name hasn't yet been announced, for Mercy and Pearl
always refer to him as "B". B is away for work at the moment, and while he is away,
Mercy is trying to sum up the courage to tell Moo or Pearl about what he's been saying to
her, and doing to her when they're alone. However, it's hard for her to do this because
Pearl doesn't have a job and the money that Moo and Mercy make doesn't add up to
enough to support them, so B's monthly checks are what they've been living on.
However, Mercy knows it's in her best interest to stand up for herself and what she
knows is the right thing to do.
Mercy's life finally takes a small turn for the better when she makes a new friend
at school, Andrea. Andrea is an outgoing, yet not overly interesting person, but is a great
help for Mercy to have around. Also, Mercy's routine of working at the local flower shop
is relaxing and therapeutic for her, and helps to take her stress off. She also finds hope
through the storeowner, Vince, and his mother whom everyone calls "Mamma Gio." Yet
suddenly, everyone is abruptly shaken and woken up with a jolt when Pearl overdoses on
a bottle of painkillers and winds up in a psychiatric ward of a hospital nearby. Mercy and
Moo are forced to deal with the feelings and situations that arise because of this startling
news.
This is one of the novels that I can relate to the closest out of the ones I've read
before. Mercy and I have a lot in common, and I feel like I'm reading a novel about
myself in some ways. I wouldn't recommend this novel to everyone, because I think that
it only applies to certain personality types. I also wouldn't recommend it to everyone
because I feel like I'd be sharing things with people that I just want to be my own. I know
that that sounds extremely selfish, but there are certain exceptions to novels that are this
touching. Yet at the same time, I want to recommend this novel to everyone, hoping that
they can too get as much out of it as I did. However, this book has been really inspiring
and helpful to me, and will hopefully help others the same way that it has helped me.

"Nothing - not bird claws, and not fingers, especially not B's fingers - would
ever tangle themselves in my hair again, scaring me, holding me prisoner." Mercy
Donnelly has just started a new high school at the end of October, and her fellow grade
10 classmates are reluctant to accept her dark wardrobe and short, choppy jet-black hair.
Mercy rarely lets anyone get close to her, and isolates herself from the world. To make
matters worse, her life at home is no better. Her mother, Pearl, is slowly falling into a
deep depression, and most of her time is spent lying awake on her bed, staring at her
plain walls and closed curtains that haven't been opened in months. Mercy's aunt,
Maureen (whom Mercy has always called "Moo"), has just chosen a new boyfriend to
bring into their home. His real name hasn't yet been announced, for Mercy and Pearl
always refer to him as "B". B is away for work at the moment, and while he is away,
Mercy is trying to sum up the courage to tell Moo or Pearl about what he's been saying to
her, and doing to her when they're alone. However, it's hard for her to do this because
Pearl doesn't have a job and the money that Moo and Mercy make doesn't add up to
enough to support them, so B's monthly checks are what they've been living on.
However, Mercy knows it's in her best interest to stand up for herself and what she
knows is the right thing to do.
Mercy's life finally takes a small turn for the better when she makes a new friend
at school, Andrea. Andrea is an outgoing, yet not overly interesting person, but is a great
help for Mercy to have around. Also, Mercy's routine of working at the local flower shop
is relaxing and therapeutic for her, and helps to take her stress off. She also finds hope
through the storeowner, Vince, and his mother whom everyone calls "Mamma Gio." Yet
suddenly, everyone is abruptly shaken and woken up with a jolt when Pearl overdoses on
a bottle of painkillers and winds up in a psychiatric ward of a hospital nearby. Mercy and
Moo are forced to deal with the feelings and situations that arise because of this startling
news.
This is one of the novels that I can relate to the closest out of the ones I've read
before. Mercy and I have a lot in common, and I feel like I'm reading a novel about
myself in some ways. I wouldn't recommend this novel to everyone, because I think that
it only applies to certain personality types. I also wouldn't recommend it to everyone
because I feel like I'd be sharing things with people that I just want to be my own. I know
that that sounds extremely selfish, but there are certain exceptions to novels that are this
touching. Yet at the same time, I want to recommend this novel to everyone, hoping that
they can too get as much out of it as I did. However, this book has been really inspiring
and helpful to me, and will hopefully help others the same way that it has helped me.

"Mercy's Birds" is a rare book -- a book that is actually quite like real life, without being depressing or unrealistic. It's a vivid, poetic, bittersweet look at things like clinical depression, poverty, child abuse, and Linda Holeman does a wonderful job of bringing them to life.

Mercy lives with her mother Pearl and her Aunt Moo, both impoverished and eking out a meager living with the help of Moo's boyfriend Barry (known as B), who is off in Indonesia. One day, Mercy chops off her blonde hair and dyes it black. It's only one of the ways she is trying to harden herself against the ever-worsening conditions of her life: Her mother's sinking depression, her aunt's blossoming alcoholism, and B's sexual advances (and threats if she tells on him).

At her new school, Mercy has few friends, even though a girl called Andrea is trying to befriend her. The only people she really communicates with is her Italian-American boss, Vince, and the kindly Mamma Gio. But Mercy's already-difficult life takes a sharp downward turn when Pearl overdoses on pills, and B announces that he's returning.

Things are bad when "Mercy's Birds" starts, and they only improve near the end. Even then, it's not improvements that defy belief. Rather, it's about a fractured, battered family growing back together, and gaining a strong little circle of friends. There's no perky "happily ever after," but things are winding up to become happier and brighter.

Holeman's writing is very vivid, and full of symbolism (such as the bright mask that Mercy creates, or her stiff black hair). She doesn't milk tragedy or sadness for sympathy, and the background she makes for each character is very realistic. And even though the world Mercy lives in is in some ways a very dark place, Holeman reminds us that dreams can still come true.

Mercy is not your typical troubled teen. As we see, her angst and anger are a way of coping with the very real problems of her life, especially problems she can't deal with alone. Her mom is virtually a nonentity, and Aunt Moo is at least trying to make an impression, even if she doesn't quite know how. Good supporting characters are the twinkly-eyed Italian widow Mama Gio and her son Vince.

"Mercy's Birds" is a unique book, and not one just for young adults. Beautiful, bittersweet, and will linger in your mind after you finish it. Highly recommended.

Mercy's Birds, by Linda Holeman, is an excellent book. Readers of Judy Blume and other so called "realistic Young Adult fiction" will appreciate Holeman's realistic portrayl of Mercy, a bright young lady with some very serious problems. 15-yr-old Mercy has chosen to wear nothing but black, in response to her messed-up home life and other factors. Her teen angst is real; Mercy is facing some very serious problems. There is no sugar coating here - everyone in Mercy's world is messed up, and there are no pat answers. What makes this book unique and wonderful is the insightful way that Mercy views her world and analyzes her problems. Holeman manages to give us a book in which the characters face serious and sad problems, yet with an uplifting ending. The moral of this story is that being true to yourself is the most important thing one can do, no matter what scary things one is facing. I highly reccomend this book for young adults, but also for those who work with young adults, troubled or otherwise. This book will make you remember what it's like to be 15.

This book is an intensive read for the post partum time. I have found it helpful, though the resources are not as helpful as I hoped;not a lot for the west coast. It's very well written.

This book really helped me after the birth of my first child. So much info and support for all the things that nobody prepares you for. All the birth prep focuses on the actual birth, nothing for the feelings and challenges afterwards as a new Mom. This book does that. Especially helpful to me was the section on PPD.

Read it, before you need it!

As a new mom and as a therapist specializing in postpartum issues, I highly recommend this book. It's an excellent resource for families expecting a baby, covering important topics such as postpartum depression and anxiety, building a support network, and how to plan for the postpartum period in order to make a smooth transition into parenthood.

I found this book to be an excellent comfort, as well as a great practical resource. The book sensitively and honestly addresses the wide range of emotions I experienced after my child's birth--many of these emotions I didn't expect, and some scared me. I recommend this book to any expectant parent--I found it reassuring to turn to for support.

"The Mourning Handbook" is excellent and it hits the nail on the head when it comes to the pain of grief! This book has brought me a lot of comfort and relief as I dealt with the unexpected deaths of several loved ones in my life. This book also helped to not be so hard on myself as I went through my grieving process. This book is very educational in explaining many aspects of bereavement. It also talks a lot about what to expect when you are grieving, how to survive, how to cope, and also how to help other people who have lost loved ones. I highly recommend this book for anyone who has lost a loved one.

I first bought this book for a British friend in Italy who thought she was going crazy because she was still subject to bouts of crying two months after her Mother's death. The book helped her tremendously. I bought my own copy when my Father died and found it as helpful as it appeared to be before death touched me personally.

I could go on for more than the maximum 1,000 words and still not finish describing this book. Suffice to say that its greatest strength is that it is totally non-judgmental. There are no "shoulds," no timetables, only the constant theme that the rollercoaster of emotions that is ruling your life right now is probably perfectly normal and temporary. Ms. Fitzgerald does offer benign guidelines to help the reader decide when things might be getting out of hand and require professional help, but with no pressure.

The book covers every eventuality for every type of death. The style is clear, the information easily found, the approach completely objective.

Helen's sub-title "The Most Comprehensive..." is spot on. It's very comprehensive and is by far one of the most useful handbooks I've read. And the inclusion "with All Aspects..." is also spot on. This books covers things you never really would think of or associate with in coping with the death of a loved one or just a death until you've been there and even then, there are things that I never thought about until I read this handbook that I'm grateful Helen wrote about so that I felt more comfortable and confident in dealing with those aspects.

Losing someone you love or someone whose life or death had a profound impact on your life often leaves you stunned. Frankly, the words meant to comfort given by friends and family only add insult to injury even though they're all well-meaning. It's my hope that for anyone who does know of someone coping with a loss, that instead of words, you present this book.

It's like an encyclopedia. You can flip through and read bits and pieces as you need. It's not intended to be read front to cover and most will never read every page as there are bound to be portions that won't apply. But Helen has covered a large area that death does touch upon and does so in a way that offers immediate help and provides you with more resources to help too. I really liked that there's an equal balance between providing information --a general acknowledgement and understanding being offered-- and resources. The book is helpful on its own merits, a really great tool when utilizing the references and other suggestions beyond the book, too.

Acknowledgements [...] puts this book into many of their sympathy gift baskets (which is where I first got mine) along with a nice selection of other helpful, soothing gifts. Check them out, too. The gifts are beautiful and meaningful as is Helen Fitzgeralds handbook.

I found this book after losing my father a few weeks ago. I have found it to be a helpful resource and a comfort. The author uses simple language and short sections. The sections are divided so that a person can easily find the topic most needed without reading the enitre book. Highly recommended.

Great for people who have been there or are there now. Good capture.

WOnderful overview gives good idea about what 1930s was like--I think lots of set designers would look at this to see how things looked!

This book and similar ones for other decades are a wonderful trip through history by the use of photography and words that supplement what we read, hear about or have experienced. As a native New Yorker, looking through this book (that was originally a WPA project (Works Progress Administration)), it brings back memories of places that either still existed when I was young or are no longer present. In any event, it is worth it to see these photos for anyone who has any sense of or interest in history. Looking at this decade, the 1930's (mid to late), one can see how rapidly New York City and its surroundings grew over a few short decades. There is one photograph of a downtown sea plane landing area for wealthier commuters to the financial district that is interesting.The few little buildings across the street from this East River landing spot not but a few decades later would be 111 Wall Street that was a Citi Bank, now CitiCorp banking building. It is also near the Seaport Museum.
In the lobby area of the building there was (still is?) a small area dedicated to objects dating back to Colonial New York City, even a tri-corner hat, shoes, etc.)

If you can't afford the recent huge hardback Changing New York but still love elegant black and white photos that offer a peephole into the New York city of the Depression, than you should not hesitate to get this wonderful volume. It's well bound too.

Is a great book to read at this time...Oct. 2008. Should be a great book for seniors to remember their early years....a great book for their children to remind them of how things were during the depression of 1929. A MUST
read for the grandchildren.

I was ten years old when this book was read to me. My fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Podlinski, took a half hour out of every day to read a chapter to the entire class. My classmates and I eagerly awaited each new day just to hear more of the story.

I can't remember much of the actual storyline. I only found it again because I did a google search for "nickel milk book depression." I really only remember how much i liked it and how much I liked the main character.

I can't give a plot synopsis. I can tell you that when I heard this story, narrated by my teacher, I thought that this book was better than anything else. I would've given up recess to stay and listen to more.

I'm so happy I found it again.

When reading a Nickels' Worth of Skim Milk, I am transported in time and place into the ordinary life of a small boy. It teaches the complexities of an entire generation. I have given each of my three daughters copies of the book when they were in their young teens. It teaches what life was like during their granparents times and how that has influenced our lives. In a time of society's preoccupation with posessions and greed, this book brings us back to a simplier time when blessings were counted more often.

The author was a young boy in Southern Illinois during the Depression and this is a chronicle of those years. It is not a tale of sadness, but of community and extreme frugality. At that time, the spending of each nickel was an event to be pondered deeply, so much of the text deals with "small" purchases. The title is derived from when it was possible to take a bucket of any size and have it filled to the brim with skim milk for a nickel.
At that time, many people, including the author's parents, did not have steady jobs, but worked on a day-to-day piecemeal basis. Most of their income was made a nickel and a dime at a time, so the author describes his father, and himself doing many odd jobs for small wages. Despite these hardships, this is a tale of a boy and a family who was together and enjoyed each other and life. There was a lot of work to be done, but there was also a lot of together time, much of it with family and neighbors.
Some of the people that I know talk somewhat nostalgically about the Depression years. Yes, they have no fond memories of the hardships, but they have many concerning the sense of community that existed, both inside and between families. This is a chronicle that those people would understand and appreciate. By reading it, those who did not experience it can learn to understand it.

One Christmas in Old Tascosa. By Casandra Firman as told by Quintille Speck-Firman Garmany. Foreword by Red Steagall and illustrated by Judy Wise. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2006. xi, 90 pages. 2 photos, 12 illustrations ISBN 089672588X

Tascosa now includes Cal Farley's Boy's Town. Before that it was the wild and wooly West with Indians, buffaloes, gunfights, cowboys, and dancehalls. Between the two, the town virtually went to the ghosts. But here is a sweet story from the interregnum.

Garmany was a seven-year-old in 1931. The Depression Dust Bowl was on, but few would have realized it given how simple life was in Tascosa. Having more than one pencil was a student's wealth.

At the time Tascosa's lone resident was Frenchie McCormick, an elderly woman with a dancing history and an honored wedding vow to remain in Tascosa. Nearby in a one-room school house Christmas was approaching and the children's Pageant was finally ready. And it was nearly, completely, absolutely wrecked. It wasn't the children, the building, the costumes, or even a too-playful dog. It snowed on the day before the evening's performance, so heavily that the audience could not come. Parents knew their children were okay with the teacher in the schoolhouse, but they could not get through the snow. And without an audience to love and smile over the Pageant's young performers, it would be a failure. Then through the blizzard, Frenchie McCormick was spotted coming through the deep snow. The children warmed Mrs. McCormick. She took her place among the chairs out front. And she loved the youngsters' presentation. And the children loved her for being there - just to see them.

Red Steagall, a Texas poet laureate, and Richard O'Brien appends a song "Frenchie McCormick." Merry Christmas!

There is a great "you are there" quality to this story, and the illustrations are wonderful. These events happened not that long ago, but it seems life another world. Reading this book maked me reflect on the "hardships" of my own life, and on the magic of one night in a young girl's life.

This poignant Christmas memoir will appeal to children and adults. The historical element increases the interest and insures that this will be reread every December.

Having known Quinn Garmany my entire life, I can honestly say that this is a truly amazing story. Worth reading and worth sharing!