D Schwarz (Knihy)

D Schwarz Knihy

Dorothy Schwarz je autorka známa svojimi pútavými detskými knihami a podnetnými poviedkami. Jej diela sa často ponárajú do zložitosti ženských skúseností a ponúkajú vnikavé príbehy, ktoré rezonujú s čitateľmi. Schwarz sa tiež venuje ekologickým témam, čím preukazuje bystré povedomie o prírodnom svete a našom mieste v ňom. Jej jedinečný hlas a premyslený prístup z nej robia významnú literárnu postavu.

Behind a Glass Wall

348 stránok
13 hodin čítania

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This book is the gripping and emotional portrayal of one young woman's ultimately unsuccessful battle against chronic depression. Zoe, was Dorothy's fourth daughter, born in new Delhi in 1972. When she threw herself under a train at the age of 27 in August 2000, Zoe was suffering from deep depression following a bout of mania. After her death Dorothy found her diaries, poems and other writings which she used to build her portrait. Dorothy wants to tell her daughter's story both as a tribute to this beautiful and talented young woman, who succumbed to a terrible illness and also to chart the passage of grief for a family after suicide. Dorothy wants to help remove or lessen the stigma attached to mental illness. Zoe fought hard and long but lost the ultimate battle. Dorothy hopes that the honest account of her life may help other sufferers and their families. Zoe herself would have wanted that.