Depression Books

Much of Erin's writing conveys joy and love, but some is hard, coming from feelings of dread. Every time I re-read it, new thoughts arise, and more respect for Erin's short but intense life. Her death hurt; her writings heal.

Erin Flower's poetry from her early years is charming and delightfully innocent. From her teenage years, it is disturbing and thought provoking. She tries to reconcile her Christian faith with the disorder that is causing her so much mental anguish.

Her poetry is ordered in such a way that the reader is able to perceive Erin's growing feelings that something was not quite right with her. It is very disturbing to realize that medical science had not yet recognized her disorder as a mental illness and that several of the doctors consulted insisted that she stop trying to get attention.

The description of Erin's life, by Phyllis Jean Flowers, adds additional depth of understanding to Erin's conflicts.

I was very moved by the book and felt like I was actually viewing Erin's battle from close-up. I would highly recommend the book to anyone who suffers from Bipolar disorders (manic depression) or has to interact with someone who does.

Wow! What a great new book. I found this has been really needed in my recovery. It has a step by step approach that I've been following which has been very helpful in my life.

Dr. Lori Miller has written a clear explanation of the relationship between recovery and your body. This book explains addiction, recovery and Network Spinal Analysis very well. It is short and to the point with useful suggestions and a plan of action to help change your body and your life. I am very grateful to her for bringing this information to the world.

I have found this to be the only book which will show a person directions to receive true solace, after a life calamity or life trauma, while at the same time it shows the reader how to limit the prolongation of time one has to endure suffering and pain.

See things from a different perspective. Marvel at the wisdom of this author. And then, rejoice in the prospect of seeing your loved ones in the next life.

Reading A Boy's Eye View...was like sitting, listening, and observing in my aunt's living room. The story is for all ages. My high school age grandaughter immediately read the book and presented it as her book report assignment for a memoir. The book is an entertaining and thoughtful presentation of the era.

This book is an easy read and I wanted more! The author's humor and realistic representation of characters made me want to find out what happened in the later years. It isn't often that a book not only entertains but offers a history lesson as well as invites you into a family of characters you not only identify with but find facinating. I wish they would make this book into a movie - what a great film that would be!!

In their new work Brain-Based Therapy, Arden and Linford take us a step forward in the long overdue integration of neuroscience into everyday clinical practice. Combining extensive clinical experience with an in-depth exploration of neuroscience, they emerge with the BASE model of case conceptualization which places their neuroscientific perspective in the context of emotional attunement, multilayered systems issues, and evidence-based practice.

This work is a wonderful admixture of perspectives, as aspirational as applied, and a warning shot fired over the heads of those who want to hide safely within one way to conceptualize everyone who walks through the door. I would especially encourage new students to conceptualize their clients from this model before they are overcome with any of their teachers' hardening of the categories.

Both books provide current, informative and inspiring information about recent advances in brain research and implications for clinical psychology practice.

This new book discusses in depth the building of the 1933-4 Chicago World's Fair. With astute attention to detail, the managers succeeded in making a profit while presenting both a science show and avant garde architectural display during the depths of the depression. From the breathing dome of the Travel and Transport Building to the all glass block Libbey Owens pavilion, all kinds of innovations in architecture were presented. Ms. Schrenk does an excellent job in describing the numerous innovations in addition to providing good illustrations. One is also informed of why Frank Lloyd Wright was not repesented and his campaign in response. From pre-fabrication to Fuller's dymaxion car (which could move sideways!), all the new construction and technical innovations of the time are here. In sum, a fascinating read for all those interested in Chicago history, architecture, and the "Can Do" spirit of America during the depression.

This book is that rare combination of first class photographs and illustrations surrounding a first rate work of historical scholarship.

This book is a fabulous and transformative addition to the literature on the New Deal, which will incite all its readers to reevaluate a host of truisms. It has implications today as well for the potentially pervasive effects of the current administration's retrenchment from the New Deal.

I found this book an engaging, important work that makes an important historiographical argument about the role of public works in creating the modern American middle class and making it possible for the United States to emerge as the superpower that it became after World War II. For more than thirty years there has been an assault on the history and policy of liberal ideology in the United States. In the process, many have reappraised and castigated the New Deal and Great Society programs as failures of American politics. The author of this important study offers a strikingly different, and constructive, perspective on the New Deal. By undertaking a close investigation of the place of New Deal programs in the development of modern America--using a remarkable range of sources--the author demonstrates how state-sponsored social and economic policies prompted a positive transformation of the United States.

Celiac Disease is difficult to diagnose and even more difficult to live with. This book should give hope and encouragement to anyone with Gluten Intolerance. I have recommended it to our local support group as it is well researched and very well written.
Thanks Sylvia - Great job!

CELIAC DISEASE: A GUIDE TO LIVING WITH GLUTEN INTOLERANCE is the only book on the topic co-authored by a nurse, dietitian and clinical pharmacist, and provides an excellent guide to living a wheat-free, gluten-free lifestyle. From symptoms and diagnosis to managing daily life and complications, Celiac Disease comes complete with recipes and nutritional ideas and also includes management tips for all ages, adult to child. An excellent health library addition; especially for collections emphasizing allergies and dietary control.

For Chig Kalpin, being small is just about the biggest trial there is. Her real name is Minerva but she has always been called Chig, short for Chigger. It was a name her father gave her, a name given to her with affection because she was such a tiny baby. Unfortunately, some of the boys in school latch on to her nickname and persecute her until she feels as small as small can be. She wishes she was big and tough and able to show those boys a thing or two. With every passing day, her lack of inches becomes more and more of a worry. Chig looks into whether or not she is eating the right types of food to encourage growth. She asks her teacher and family about her problem. Surely, she isn't going to stay under five feet tall for the rest of her life.

Chig gets so caught up in her own problem that she almost misses seeing what is happening to the people around her and to her town. It all begins when Chig realizes that some of the children in her class have only one spread on their sandwiches for lunch. It had always been the norm to have two. Clearly, things are getting very bad indeed if the children's parents can only afford one spread. She then notices that there are more and more men sitting and standing around the stove at the store. There is no work to be had. The Depression has come to her little town and the hollows around it. Chig decides that there has to be something she can do to help the people of Niplak put a second spread on their children's sandwiches.

What follows is an extraordinary, often funny, and quite delightful series of events that Chig uses to bring about her hopes and dreams for her town. In the process Chig realizes that there is much more to being big than she ever dreamed, and the people of Niplak discover that they have a truly remarkable person in the midst, a person with courage and conviction, despite the fact that she is very short of stature.

Gwenyth Swain has written a book packed with charm, lovable characters, and a real understanding of what it was like to live through the Depression. She gathered stories from family members and other sources and put them together in a way that shows us how she loved the telling of this marvelous tale and how much she enjoyed being able to honor those who lived the stories she used.

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CHIG, so-named because she was "no bigger than a chigger," is in truth Minerva Kalpin, a small girl with a TALL task in life. By way of Chig's everyday adventures, the author pulls the 'Depression Years' out of the shadows of history. Young readers will learn about the poverty of the lunch bucket that might hold one biscuit, spread only with ketchup -- instead of a real sandwich with TWO spreads.

This is a family story, warm with loving parents, Granny Shorty, brother Hubie, baby sister Em and a "Reverend Granddaddy." In the hills of southern Indiana the teacher of the one-room school also plays a leading role; and there are entertainments like fierce games of marbles, and climbs up the town's glacial rock to make important decisions.

Life is a serious business. Ten-year-old Chig is encouraged by her teacher to 'go to the top' with her questions. Chig sends a letter to 'First Lady' Mrs. FDR, and the remaining chapters of the book hold some answers, a train disaster and YES! even a "growth spurt" for heroine Chig.

(Author Gwenyth Swain dedicated her book to the late Genevra "Chig" Owens, first woman commissioner of Brown County INDIANA, who is still remembered as an 'honest-to-goodness' politician who happened to be "petite.")

What a trip back in time through the portals of Ted's mind. So vivid are his descriptions that it puts you visually in the scene he is describing. In his book, The Black Walnut Farm, the story of Flying through Lightning Hollow is soooo funny! A delightful story teller who should be encouraged to write more of the stories of his life, such as "Dancing with June Allyson." His books are worth the time to read them. Jean Norris,friend

Childhood Memories Of The Great Depression Era: A Book Of Short Stories clearly documents Ted Woodworth as a master story teller drawing upon his memories and experiences of a yesteryear America. These are more than tales of poverty or coping in an era when jobs, food, and money were scarce; they are character vignettes, glimpses into the hearts and minds of everyday Americans earning a living. An involving read that exposes one to vivid, unforgettable images of everday life seventy years ago.