The Noonday Demon
by Andrew Solomon · Andrew Solomon
National Book Award-winning study of depression that combines the author's own breakdowns with interviews, history, biology, treatments and social politics, giving readers a broad understanding of how the illness is experienced, explained and treated across cultures and centuries.
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