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This Close to Happy is honest, fearless in the way we have come to expect from Daphne Merkin, and, as a bonus, frankly informative. -- Harold S. Koplewicz, MD, president, Child Mind Institute Brings a stunningly perceptive voice to the forefront of the conversation about depression, one that is both reassuring and revelatory. -- Carol Gilligan, author of In a Different Voice Extraordinarily lucid and moving...This is a book for all those who know nothing about depression and for those who know too much. -- Adam Phillips, author of Unforbidden Pleasures Dark thoughts hover over virtually every page of this mesmerizing memoir, and yet there is also the very real possibility of hope. -- Booklist (starred review) Illuminating, heartbreaking, and powerfully written...Merkin eloquently blends the personal with the researched; her intellectual tenacity and emotional rawness impress. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) [Merkin] narrates...with insight, grace, and excruciating clarity, in exquisite and sometimes darkly humorous prose...for all its highly personal focus, it is an important addition to the literature of mental illness. -- New York Times Book Review Unlike so much writing about mental illness, Merkin's memoir isn't prescriptive or bogged down with statistics; it's a cleareyed, insightful account of how she felt during her nosedives into despair. The book is shot through with a self-awareness that helps readers cheer her on. -- New York Times

"This Close to Happy is honest, fearless in the way we have come to expect from Daphne Merkin, and, as a bonus, frankly informative. -- ""Harold S. Koplewicz, MD, president, Child Mind Institute"" [Merkin] narrates...with insight, grace, and excruciating clarity, in exquisite and sometimes darkly humorous prose...for all its highly personal focus, it is an important addition to the literature of mental illness. -- ""New York Times Book Review"" Brings a stunningly perceptive voice to the forefront of the conversation about depression, one that is both reassuring and revelatory. -- ""Carol Gilligan, author of In a Different Voice"" Dark thoughts hover over virtually every page of this mesmerizing memoir, and yet there is also the very real possibility of hope. -- ""Booklist (starred review)"" Extraordinarily lucid and moving...This is a book for all those who know nothing about depression and for those who know too much. -- ""Adam Phillips, author of Unforbidden Pleasures"" Illuminating, heartbreaking, and powerfully written...Merkin eloquently blends the personal with the researched; her intellectual tenacity and emotional rawness impress. -- ""Publishers Weekly (starred review)"" Unlike so much writing about mental illness, Merkin's memoir isn't prescriptive or bogged down with statistics; it's a cleareyed, insightful account of how she felt during her nosedives into despair. The book is shot through with a self-awareness that helps readers cheer her on. -- ""New York Times"""

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Daphne Merkin, a former staff writer for the New Yorker, is a regular contributor to Elle. Her writing frequently appears in the New York Times, Bookforum, Departures, Travel & Leisure, W, Vogue, and other publications. Merkin has taught writing at the 92nd Street Y, Marymount, and Hunter College. She lives in New York City. Suzanne Toren has over thirty years of experience in narration. She has won the American Foundation for the Blind's Scourby Award for Narrator of the Year, AudioFile magazine named her the 2009 Best Voice in Nonfiction & Culture, and she is the recipient of multiple Earphones Awards. She performs on and off Broadway and in regional theaters and has appeared on Law & Order and in various soap operas.

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