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Something To Live For
- Author
- Laura Canty
- Narrator
- Chloe Massey
- Publisher
- Octopus
- Publish Date
- 4 February 2021
- Run Time
- 7 hours 13 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
She has her beautiful baby boy, Arthur, and a wonderful husband. She has new mum friends on the local WhatsApp group, and everyone in her life is supportive and happy for her. But Laura doesn't see it this way.
In the weeks since her baby was born, like 1 in 5 women, Laura has developed Post Natal Depression. In fact, she has decided that the only way out of her current situation is for her to kill herself, or her baby...
Laura Canty has written a moving and refreshingly honest memoir, full of truth and hope, to finally lift the lid on PND, revealing not only the little discussed realities of the illness - but also how an incredible NHS Mother and Baby Unit literally saved her and Arthur's lives.
(P) 2021 Octopus Publishing Group
Critics Review
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It's staggeringly honest but also really funny - I laughed out loud several times. It felt like hearing from a friend. A book that will make a difference, I am sure of it.
Sarah Turner, @TheUnmumsyMum
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Her memoir is brave, honest and shows how friends, family and the NHS got her back from the brink.
The Sun
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Something To Live For vividly, brilliantly depicts a descent into mental illness, and what it feels like. It's funny, brutally honest - but uplifting too, because it shows how, with the right treatment, she recovered.
The Telegraph
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A very candid memoir... you are drawn into her story.
JUNO
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Details
- Author
- Laura Canty
- Narrator
- Chloe Massey
- Duration
- 7 hours 13 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 February 2021
- ISBN
- 9781913183844
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Octopus
- Genre
- Memoirs, Coping with / advice about depression and other mood disorders, Coping with / advice about mental health issues or topics, Women’s health, Parenting, parenthood: advice, topics and issues
Synopsis
Laura Canty is a new mum. She has her beautiful baby boy, Arthur, and a wonderful husband. She has new mum friends on the local WhatsApp group, and everyone in her life is supportive and happy for her. But Laura doesn't see it this way. In the weeks since her baby was born, like 1 in 5 women, Laura has developed Post Natal Depression. In fact, she has decided that the only way out of her current situation is for her to kill herself, or her baby...Laura Canty has written a moving and refreshingly honest memoir, full of truth and hope, to finally lift the lid on PND, revealing not only the little discussed realities of the illness - but also how an incredible NHS Mother and Baby Unit literally saved her and Arthur's lives.(P) 2021 Octopus Publishing Group
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