Prozac Nation
In Prozac Nation, Wurtzel describes her harrowing battle with clinical depression before she was finally treated with Prozac. In a society plagued by divorce, economic instability, and AIDS, Wurtzel depicts the growing number of depressed and overmedicated people in America.
In Prozac Nation, Wurtzel describes her harrowing battle with clinical depression before she was finally treated with Prozac. In a society plagued by divorce, economic instability, and AIDS, Wurtzel depicts the growing number of depressed and overmedicated people in America.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780395680933 (039568093X)
Publish date: September 14th 1994
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Pages no: 317
Edition language: English
This book enlightened me on depression. Now I'm more aware of what it means to be depressed. The book is well written, BUT some events are too details that it did not appeal to me.
a good book if you want insight of depression and the world of prozac. i really enjoyed the book and also the movie.
a good book if you want insight of depression and the world of prozac. i really enjoyed the book and also the movie.
This book is some heavy reading. I want to say I enjoyed it but that just doesn't seem like the right word. Appreciated it is better I think. The way Elizabeth Wurtzel wrote this book makes it seem like she is just sitting beside you telling you her story. Her voice is an easy one to read. As someon...
Here's the thing: I don't know how to rate this. I loved it in college, when I was going through an emotional crisis so severe that I had to drop out, but upon rereads and further reflection, I realize that this book sort of suffered from "wrong candidate, right time."Wurtzel's description of depres...