Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression (edit title)

Jennifer J edited the description of Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression 5 days ago.

• In her bestselling memoir, now in paperback,memoir Brooke Shields shares with the world her deeply personal experience with postpartum depressiondepression. When Brooke Shieldswelcomed her newborn daughter to the world, her joyful expectations were quickly followed by something unexpected -- a crippling depression. In what is sure to strike a chord with the millions of women who suffer from depression after childbirth, Brooke Shieldsshares how she, too, battled a condition that is widely misunderstood, despite the fact that it affects many new mothers. She discusses the illness in the context of her life, including her struggle to get pregnant, the high expectations she had for herself and that others placed on her as a new mom, and the role of her husband, friends, and family as she struggled to attain her maternal footing in the midst of a disabling depression. Ultimately, Brooke shares how she found a way out through talk therapy, medication, and time.

Shelfari edited the description of Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression Saturday, August 1 2009.

• In her bestselling memoir, now in paperback, Brooke Shields shares with the world her deeply personal experience with postpartum depression When Brooke Shields welcomed her newborn daughter to the world, her joyful expectations were quickly followed by something unexpected -- a crippling depression. In what is sure to strike a chord with the millions of women who suffer from depression after childbirth, Brooke Shields shares how she, too, battled a condition that is widely misunderstood, despite the fact that it affects many new mothers. She discusses the illness in the context of her life, including her struggle to get pregnant, the high expectations she had for herself and that others placed on her as a new mom, and the role of her husband, friends, and family as she struggled to attain her maternal footing in the midst of a disabling depression. Ultimately, Brooke shares how she found a way out through talk therapy, medication, and time.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression Tuesday, July 21 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
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Shelfari edited the contributors of Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression Friday, July 17 2009.

• Added a contributor: Brooke Shields: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression Friday, July 17 2009.

• AFTER ALL OF THE TIME I've spent in the public eye, you might think that finding out I was going to have a miscarriage moments before stepping onstage wouldn't shake me up, but it did.... December 2001.