Jessie Barrett

Deadly Denial Jessie Barrett

Publisher Marketing: If this novel saves one life, it will be considered an outstanding success. "You've got the words to change a nation but you're biting your tongue, You've spent a lifetime stuck in silence, afraid you would say something wrong, If no one ever hears it how are we going to learn your song? You've got a heart as loud as lions, so why let your voice be tamed, You've got the light to fight the shadows, so stop hiding it away. I'm not afraid, they can read all about it - so read all about it!" Sally's family life was never easy, but the emergence of a violent streak in her father's nature tips her over the edge into mental illness. Developing OCD at a young age, she focuses on her father's disregard for his children and divorce from his wife as the catalyst for her teenage depression and anxiety. Through the dark days of her early adult life Sally learns to cope, but stresses in her family life contaminate the ordinary lives around her, and she never can shake off the heavy shade of depression. When she makes a radical decision to change her life, will it help, or will things just continue as they were before? A heartfelt and cathartic literary experience, 'Deadly Denial' tells a story based on true events about teenage depression, the dark days of mental illness, and its root cause in the breakup of ordinary lives. Just how great is the link between depression and anxiety in children and divorce at an early age?