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5.0 out of 5 stars
Depression made tolerable, May 18, 2002
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This review is from: The Hollow Summer (Paperback)
This book offers an intelligent, sometimes painfully honest, account of a teenager, Sara, suffering from severe depression. It is a touching and insightful novel, told from several viewpoints, and lightened with humour. The characterisation is strong and Sara's relationships with her parents, her brother and her therapist are well-drawn and entirely credible. The way in which animals/fish are involved in Sara's recovery should appeal to all animal lovers and convince more sceptical readers of the value of pet therapy. It is a book which deepens one's understanding of this frightening condition and ends on a hopeful, but not unrealistic note.
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