Shoot the Damn Dog: A Memoir of Depression

Author: Sally BramptonPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPaperback:ISBN 10: 0393346080ISBN 13: 978-0393346084Hardcover:ISBN 10: 0393066789ISBN 13: 978-0393066784A searing, raw memoir of depression that is ultimately uplifting and inspiring. A successful magazine editor and prize-winning journalist, Sally Brampton launched Elle magazine in the UK in 1985. But behind the successful, glamorous career was a story that many of her friends and colleagues knew nothing about―her ongoing struggle with severe depression and alcoholism. Brampton's is a candid, tremendously honest telling of how she was finally able to "address the elephant in the room," and of a culture that sends the overriding message that people who suffer from depression are somehow responsible for their own illness. She offers readers a unique perspective of depression from the inside that is at times wrenching, but ultimately inspirational, as it charts her own coming back to life. Beyond her personal story, Brampton offe