Tracy Thompson Boeken

In their previous book the authors took on interracial prejudice. In this, their second book in the series, they once again offer hope and healing, this time from the nightmare of abuse

Colorful and lively characters known as "The Tops" bring chaos and excitement to a small town, creating a vibrant community. Their shared goal fosters unity and develops lasting friendships among the townspeople, showcasing the joys and challenges of communal life.

To others, Tracy Thompson was an attractive woman and an outstanding journalist, with a rewarding career and a wealth of friends. But beyond that facade was a woman who struggled wit episodes of bleak depression. The Beast, as she later cam to call it, began stalking her during a girlhood spent in the traditional South of the 19060s and followed her during a into a busy newspaper career. Over the years the Beast undermined her love affairs, drove her into interminable rounds of "talk therapy', and resisted all her efforts to understand her periodic descents into despair. in 1990, just as her career took a leap forward with a new job at the Washington Post, the Beast reappeared with a vengeance - and she found herself in the worst free-fall yet, a patient in a locked psychiatric ward under 24-hour suicide watch. Now, with unsparing honesty, she tells the story of how she came to terms with the common mental illness, and how she began to fashion a new life of work,love and ordinary happiness.

Pojmem „mateřská deprese“, který autorka sama definovala, dosud nebyl dostatečně popsán a odborně zkoumán a rozumí se jím dlouhodobý depresivní stav, jímž průběžně trpí matky malých dětí s predispozicí k depresi (na rozdíl od poporodní deprese). Na základě vlastní zkušenosti a výpovědí dalších matek, které se musely s tímto problémem dlouhodobě potýkat, Tracy Thompsonová tento stav popisuje a definuje, vymezuje se proti tabu, s nímž bývá stále ještě koncept „nemilující matky“ spojován, a nabízí řadu rad, jak si tuto situaci pokud možno usnadnit a hlavně jak ji nepředat dalším generacím.

Erschöpft, gestresst, voller Angst, nicht gut genug zu sein – Mutterschaft fordert und überfordert emotional viele Frauen. Sie kann der Beginn einer schleichenden Erkrankung der Seele sein, die wie ein Schatten auch auf das Leben der Kinder fällt: Depression. Was sind die Ursachen der oft chronisch verlaufenden, mitunter lebenslangen mütterlichen Depression? Was unterscheidet sie von anderen Depressionen? Was sind die Folgen? Anhand authentischer Stimmen von 400 Frauen und persönlicher Erfahrungen erklärt Tracy Thompson das Phänomen aus neuester wissenschaftlicher Sicht. Ein Buch, das Frauen Hoffnung und Hilfe bietet, Wege aus der Depression zu finden.