Life B

Overcoming Double Depression

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Pub Date 16 May 2023 | Archive Date 28 Apr 2023

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A bracing and fresh look at a lifelong struggle with depression and mental illness

Plagued by depression her entire life, it wasn’t until her early fifties that writer and book critic Bethanne Patrick, advocating for her own care, received a medical diagnosis that would set her on the path to wellness and stability.

Recognizing the intergenerational effects of trauma and mental health struggles, Patrick unearths the stories of her past in order to forge a better future for herself and her two daughters, dismantling the stigmas surrounding mental health challenges that can plague families into silence and resignation. Life B is an intimate portrait we haven’t yet seen—of a lifelong struggle with depression, of midlife diagnosis and newly found strength. Most important, it’s a life-affirming blueprint of how to accept and transcend the limitations of mental illness.
A bracing and fresh look at a lifelong struggle with depression and mental illness

Plagued by depression her entire life, it wasn’t until her early fifties that writer and book critic Bethanne...

Advance Praise

“Insightful, honest, and ultimately life-affirming, Life B shines a light on a secret life many experience in shame and silence, and shows that it's never too late to take those first steps toward healing. Bethanne Patrick's perseverance in getting a correct diagnosis and treatment at midlife gives hope to everyone who has ever wondered if life will get better.”

—Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk To Someone

“In Life B, Bethanne Patrick takes readers on a harrowing journey to the cliff edge of suicidal despair, so that they might stare into the abyss of depression and better understand this debilitating condition. Not since William Styron’s Darkness Visible has there been so enlightening a book on mental illness. Fearless, generous, fascinating.”

—Adrienne Brodeur, author of Wild Game

“Bethanne Patrick has long been a hero in the literary world — a tireless supporter of writers and writing. Now she has given us this brave, elegant work. It’s so good. Radical truth.”

—Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The House of Broken Angels

“It’s never too late to become who we want to be, to define ourselves on our own terms, as Bethanne Patrick shows us in this wise and beautiful memoir. Life B makes such a powerful and timely argument for finally dismantling our culture’s stigma around mental illness and disability.”

—James Tate Hill, author of Blind Man’s Bluff

“Insightful, honest, and ultimately life-affirming, Life B shines a light on a secret life many experience in shame and silence, and shows that it's never too late to take those first steps toward...


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EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9781640091290
PRICE $26.00 (USD)
PAGES 208

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