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Author Wurtzel, Elizabeth.

Title Prozac nation : young and depressed in America / Elizabeth Wurtzel.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Riverhead Books, c1995.

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Location Call No. Status
 GDL Central Library Non-Fiction    92 Wurtzel,E WUR    Available
Description 368 p. ; 21 cm.
Note Originally published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994.
Contents Prologue: I hate myself and I want to die -- Full of promise -- Secret life -- Love kills -- Broken -- Black wave -- Happy pills -- Drinking in Dallas -- Space, time, and motions -- Deep down -- Blank girl -- Good morning heartache -- Accidental blowjob -- Woke up this morning afraid I was gonna live -- Think of pretty things -- Epilogue: Prozac nation -- Afterword (1995) -- Acknowledgments.
Summary Painful, poignant, and ultimately triumphant, Prozac Nation is Elizabeth Wurtzel's catharsis--a cry of rage at the chronic depression which has dominated most of her young life. "A powerful portrait of one girl's journey through the purgatory of depression".
Subject Wurtzel, Elizabeth -- Mental health.
Depressed persons -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN 1573225126 (pbk.)
9781573225120 (pbk.)

 
    
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