{"product_id":"prozac-nation-young-and-depressed-in-america","title":"Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Wurtzel's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling memoir, with a new afterword \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Sparkling, luminescent prose . . . A powerful portrait of one girl's journey through the purgatory of depression and back.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A book that became a cultural touchstone.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Wurtzel writes with her finger on the faint pulse of an overdiagnosed generation whose ruling icons are Kurt Cobain, Xanax, and pierced tongues. Her famous coming-of-age memoir of her bouts with depression and skirmishes with drugs, \u003ci\u003eProzac Nation\u003c\/i\u003e is a witty and sharp account of the psychopharmacology of an era, a landmark work of mental health literature for readers of \u003ci\u003eGirl, Interrupted \u003c\/i\u003eand Sylvia Plath's \u003ci\u003eThe Bell Jar.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaw, funny, and relentlessly honest, Wurtzel's account defined depression for a generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUnflinching Portrait of Depression: \u003c\/b\u003e Goes beyond diagnosis to explore the black waves, the blankness, and the sheer exhaustion of living with clinical depression.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLife on Prozac: \u003c\/b\u003e A sharp, witty look at a life managed by Prozac, Lithium, and Xanax, and the search for a cure in a bottle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Gen X Cultural Touchstone: \u003c\/b\u003e Set against a backdrop of Kurt Cobain and pierced tongues, this is the book that gave a voice to the overdiagnosed, alienated, and brilliantly alive generation of the 90s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWitty, Literary Prose: \u003c\/b\u003e For readers of Sylvia Plath's \u003ci\u003eThe Bell Jar\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGirl, Interrupted\u003c\/i\u003e, this is a fiercely intelligent and darkly funny memoir that sparkles with luminescent prose.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51947956142311,"sku":"9780544960091","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_c2e2a637-006d-44ad-9b22-9c066a3f6974.jpg?v=1775504140","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/prozac-nation-young-and-depressed-in-america","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}