Canongate, 2015. 266 pages. Nonfiction
About one in five people suffer from depression, including both Matt Haig and the author of this review. If you're not a member of this group, chances are that someone you love dearly is. In this work, the author of The Midnight Library shares the ways in which he was able to work through his personal darkness.
A large part of this work is written as his present self, coping and managing his life, chatting with his past self, drowning in the depths and at the end of his rope. His candor spoke to me and made me feel seen in the midst of my struggle, as I'm sure it would help those on the outside understand what depression truly is. This book changed my life because Haig was willing to 1) honestly address how depression feels, 2) legitimize the challenges of depression as a real, valid medical disorder, and 3) phrase it in such a natural and accessible way.
That's 2 for 2 on Matt Haig books I've read.