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1) The bell jar
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The Bell Jar chronicles the nervous breakdown of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, successful, but slowly going under, and maybe for the last time.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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When hospitalized for her clinical depression, Whimsy connects with a boy named Faerry, who also suffers from the traumatic loss of a sibling, and together they work to unearth buried memories and battle the fantastical physical embodiment of their depression.
5) Teardrop
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Series
Teardrop trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
441 pages
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Since Eureka's mother drowned, she wishes she were dead too, but after discovering that an ancient book is more than a story Eureka begins to believe that Ander is right about her being involved in strange things--and in grave danger.
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Darius the Great volume 1
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 22 cm
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Clinically-depressed Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life.
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Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
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xi, 258 pages ; 22 cm
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After committing suicide just before high school graduation, Ellie Walker haunts her home and school, reflecting on her life of domestic violence, friendship with August, and dreams of a writing career. Includes list of resources for people in crisis.
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Editorial Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
[2022]
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358 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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In a work that combines fiction and essay, the Spanish novelist examines her literary development and her mental health, from the moments in her girlhood when she first began to doubt her sanity to her studies of the links between creative genius and madness.
9) The bridge
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Aaron and Tillie do not know each other, but they both feel suicidal and arrive at the George Washington Bridge at the same time, intending to jump. Includes resources about suicide prevention and suicide prevention for LGBTQIA+ youth.
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Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2023.
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397 pages ; 22 cm
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Nineteen-year-old Avery plans to end her life but changes her mind when she learns an asteroid is heading towards Earth, and with nine days left to live, long held secrets begin to come out and Avery finally begins to heal.
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Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
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224 pages cm
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During a road trip, thirteen-year-old Olivia, a budding photographer, tries to recreate a Treasure Hunt she once shared with her sixteen-year-old sister, Ruth, while watching for signs that Ruth's depression is back.
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"Prince sisters, Cinnamon and Scarlett, struggle with family dynamics, queer identities, and mental health while their great aunt's secrets begin to unravel around them"--
The Prince sisters, Cinnamon and Scarlett, struggle with family dynamics, queer identities, and mental health while their recently deceased great aunt's secrets begin to unravel around them.
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When Victoria Cruz wakes up in the psychiatric ward of a Texas hospital after her failed suicide attempt, she still has no desire to live, but as the weeks pass, and she meets Dr. Desai and three of the other patients, she begins to reflect on the reasons why she feels like a loser compared with the rest of her family, and to see a path ahead where she can make a life of her own.
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Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
289 p. ; 22 cm.
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During the years he spends in a neural health facility, Pat Peoples formulates a theory about silver linings: he believes his life is a movie produced by God, his mission is to become physically fit and emotionally supportive, and his happy ending will be the return of his estranged wife, Nikki. When Pat goes to live with his parents, everything seems changed: no one will talk to him about Nikki; his old friends are saddled with families; the Philadelphia...
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 25 cm
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When Margaret's fiancé, John, is hospitalized for depression, she faces a choice: carry on with their plans, or back away from the suffering it may bring her. She decides to marry him. What follows is the unforgettable story of what unfolds from this act of love and faith. At the heart of it is their eldest son, Michael, a brilliant, anxious music fanatic, and the story of how, over the span of decades, his younger siblings-the responsible Celia...
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Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 22 cm
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Determined to find answers as to why her older sister committed suicide, Sloan searches a list of places and people her sister left behind.
Ever since her older sister Talley died, Sloane has been fixated on a list of random places, unfamiliar names, and a phone number for a boy named Adam. Is the list the key to understanding why Talley took her own life? But it seems to be pointing to California, and Talley had never even been there... right? Adam...
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VRYA
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
249 pages ; 21 cm
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"Treinta shows up one day announcing that she is Anamaria from the future, talking about an odd love and young women who must be saved. Anamaria is only 13, but she is wise. Treinta is harmless and a stranger. Girls must be careful with strangers, especially in the 90s, especially in Ciudad Juarez. Anamaria does not need anyone to save her even though abuse at school has become intolerable and she has been having terrible dreams in a city marked by...
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Blackstone Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
10 sound discs (12 hr. 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Jenny Lipkin is an average, stretched-too-thin Brooklyn mom tackling the challenges of raising two children in a cramped Park Slope walk-up and bonding with the other moms while spending endless hours in Prospect Park. All she really wants is to survive the sweltering New York summer with a shred of sanity intact. But when her husband Harry, a compulsive gambler, vanishes one evening without a word, Jenny finally reaches her breaking point. In a moment...
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Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
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Whimsy's heavy things are weighing her down. She tries to sweep them under the rug, but she trips over them. She tries to put them in a tree, but they fall on her. She even tries to sail them out to sea, but they always come back. Eventually Whimsy decides to deal with the heavy things one at a time... and a surprising thing happens. With exquisite illustrations and delightfully simple text, Whimsy's Heavy Things is a sweet story about changing the...
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