The Darkest Days of My Life: Stories of Postpartum Depression

Having a baby is surely one of the pinnacle events of a woman's life, full of joy, serenity, and contentment—or so society tells a new mother, who thus finds herself ill-prepared for the exhaustion, boredom, and isolation that can follow childbirth. The resulting depression—how it is experienced, and how it might be relieved—is the subject of Natasha Mauthner's insightful and compassionate book, which recounts the stories of new mothers caught between a cultural ideal and a far more complex...