Fall Down Seven Times, Get Back Up Eight
Publisher
:
Editions Albin Michel
Parution date
:
2003
EAN
:
9782226141743
Description
Philippe Labro, one of France’s renowned novelists and a former director of RTL radio station, finds himself victim of a major depression. Here he recounts in exquisite prose and intimate detail the journey down and back up again. As Labro looks back on his eighteen-month ordeal, he recalls the insidious arrival of the disease, and a time when he felt that he was becoming a mere actor in his own life. Feeling as though no one around him could tell how desperate he really was, he continued to pretend everything was fine until he could no longer hold up the façade. In his large executive offices at the radio station, on the couch where countless celebrities had once sat, he napped for large parts of the day. With family and friends he became a moody shell of the father, husband and person he once was. And to himself, he was worthless, feeling no desire, taste, or energy. Finally, at home in his kitchen one morning, he has a panic attack, causing him to accept his wife’s pleas that he get help and see a psychiatrist. Two medications and almost a year later, he finds the right treatment and begins to come out of the darkness. With this book, he extends a hand out to all those suffering from depression too, and offers an inspiring message of hope.
Author
Philippe Labro : Philippe Labro is a novelist , director, and journalist. His published works include: Des feux mal éteints, L’Étudiant étranger (Prix Interallié 1986; The Foreign Student, Ballantine, 1988), Un été dans l’Ouest (One Summer Out West, Ballantine), Le Petit Garçon, Le Traversée, and Manuella, published in France by Éditions Gallimard. His last work was a bestseller in France, a memoir of depression, Tomber sept fois, se relever hui (Albin Michel, 2003).
|