Anti-Depressant: A Novel
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Five brutal narratives detail the story of obsession and redemption.
Young, vulnerable and struggling with psychological disorders, five characters share their sometimes brutal narratives in Anti-Depressant. Each holds a piece of the other's puzzle, but the truth blurs with every interaction, and skewed perspectives cause their worlds to narrow and suffocate. Intersecting narratives capture the thought patterns, stress and emotional hijacking of depression, anxiety and panic attacks.
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In the throes of obsession, Shelby lusts after Steph, to the point of losing his grip on reality. A best-selling novelist is crushed by the pressure to write a follow-up book. A young woman struggles with a system that labeled her suicidal. A battered husband finds new love in the worst of places. And an affair that neither party can remember shatters what looked to be a perfect future.
Anti-Depressant is a darkly comic coming-of-age novel for the 21st century, drenched in self-absorption, anxiety, terrible decisions and the blind hope that tomorrow will be better, if only—
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