Recording the irony of being both doctor and patient battling with depression, a therapist chronicles her mounting symptoms--contemplation of suicide, exhaustive drug therapy, and finally, controversial electroconvulsive therapy. 75,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Undercurrents: A Therapist's Reckoning With Her Own Depression

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Manning, Martha

Psychology & Counseling

Harpercollins

This is the memoir of an ordinary woman—a mother, a daughter, a psychologist, a wife—who tells the tale of her spiraling descent into a severe, debilitating depression. Undercurrents pioneers a new literature about women and depression that offers a vision of action instead of victimhood, hope instead of despair.

Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

HarperOne

Chasing Grace: Reflections of a Catholic Girl, Grown Up

The author of the acclaimed Undercurrents casts a wry look back over her Irish-Catholic upbringing, from her childhood longing to become a nun to her lifelong commitment to the seven sacraments. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Harper-San Francisco

From the author of the "absolutely absorbing" (USA Today) memoir Undercurrents comes an unforgettable portrait of childhood, family and community. The eldest child of a devout Irish-American Catholic family, Martha Manning weaves her story around the seven holy sacraments: baptism, penance, communion, confirmation, holy orders, marriage and last rites. She recalls her childhood pratfalls, adolescent yearnings and entrance into motherhood with wisdom, wit and remarkable honesty. At once poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, Chasing Grace is a wholly original tale of family and friends, happy times and difficult ones - and thepainful, joyous journey from childhood to adulthood.

In an inspirational memoir, a clinical psychologist and author of Undercurrents describes how she found solace from a personal bought with depression in her work with the local shelter's Secret Santa program and in her remarkable friendship with Tracy, a young, black, single mother.

A Place to Land: Lost and Found in an Unlikely Friendship

Arts & Literature

Ballantine Books

Searching for a way to reconnect with the outside world after recovering from a long depression, Martha Manning decides one Christmas to participate in a local shelter’s Secret Santa program. And that is how she meets Raina, a young, black, single mother with three small children. During their first exchanges, Martha is painfully aware of her “lily-whiteness.” But the common bond of motherhood paves the way to a fondness that leads to comfort and trust. Becoming part of each other’s lives demands that they face their own misconceptions and assumptions based on class, race, and religion. Full of laugh-out-loud humor and searing heartbreak, A Place to Land is a moving look at growth, healing, and the ways a friendship can be a means to salvation. It is a story that will speak to people of every race with a voice full of hope and renewal.

A Place to Land: Lost and Found in an Unlikely Friendship (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

No relationship is more fulfilling, infuriating, emotional, and problematic than that of mother and daughter. Now, in a work filled with truth, surprises, and humor, renowned psychologist and author Martha Manning offers mothers and daughters of all ages a new way to understand each other. Challenging the accepted premise that this powerful bond must be severed for emotional growth, Manning shows us why this precious attachment is never outgrown, how, if it is damaged, it can be healed, and what will enrich this lifelong commitment while fostering essential independence. The key is empathy, and Manning provides potent tools to help us build stronger ties and celebrate the crazy twists, joys, and secrets inherent in this most glorious of life connections. Combining personal experiences and scrupulous research, The Common Thread helps each of us develop a mutually empowering relationship - and laugh, too - as we more deeply connect with and appreciate the mother or daughter we love.

The Common Thread: Mothers and Daughters: The Bond We Never Outgrow

Self-Help

Relationships

William Morrow Paperbacks

There is no relationship more fulfilling, infuriating, emotional, and problematic than that of a mother and daughter. Psychology has traditionally regarded as inevitable -- and, in fact, necessary -- a female child's eventual separation from her mother as adulthood ensues. Now renowned psychologist and author Martha Manning offers mothers and daughters of all ages a revolutionary new way of understanding each other and their relationships, and challenges the accepted thinking that this powerful bond must ultimately be severed. In a work of intelligence, wit, heart, and scholarship, Manning examines this important link and concludes that it is a precious attachment that is never outgrown -- that, while the differing, ever-changing needs, conflicts, and obligations of two distinct women may create a chasm between them, bridging the gap will serve to strengthen a lifelong commitment, love, and identity, while fostering essential independence. The key is empathy.
Through empathy -- the ability to perceive the other's actions as an aspect of individual behavior -- even a troubled relationship can become gratifying and beautiful. Exploring the developmental stages of the mother-daughter union from infancy through old age, Manning provides potent tools to help us build stronger ties, enabling us to celebrate rather than eschew the twists and turns, joys, secrets, and surprises inherent in this most glorious of life connections. She also focuses new attention on the parts played by cultural, historical, psychological, and biological influences, areas often ignored in previous works on the subject.
Drawing on her personal experiences as a mother, daughter, and "champion eavesdropper," combined with scrupulous research and intriguing insights culled from today's headlines, literature, pop culture, and extensive clinical experience, the author casts a fascinating new light on what can -- and should -- be a dynamic, fluid, and mutually empowering relationship. For everyone who is, and always will be, a mother, a daughter, or both, this important, inspiring book will guide the reader toward a new love and respect born of understanding and the enriching ability to find the common thread.

The Common Thread: Mothers, Daughters, and the Power of Empathy

Mental Health

William Morrow

As a wife, mother, and psychotherapist, Manning led a very full life--until depression engulfed and overwhelmed her. She details her experience with electroshock therapy, the treatment that delivered her from the brink of suicide. 2 cassettes.

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

HarperAudio

Common Thread: Mothers, Daughters, And the Power of Empathy

O'Donnell, Rosie

Diane Pub Co.

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Undercurrents: A Therapist's Reckoning With Her Own Depression

Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface

Chasing Grace: Reflections of a Catholic Girl, Grown Up

Chasing Grace: Reflections of a Catholic Girl, Grown Up

A Place to Land: Lost and Found in an Unlikely Friendship

A Place to Land: Lost and Found in an Unlikely Friendship (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

The Common Thread: Mothers and Daughters: The Bond We Never Outgrow

The Common Thread: Mothers, Daughters, and the Power of Empathy

Undercurrents: A Therapist's Reckoning With Her Own Depression

Common Thread: Mothers, Daughters, And the Power of Empathy