{"product_id":"9781681444642","title":"Black Rainbow: How Words Healed Me, My Journey Through Depression","description":"In 1997, Oxford graduate, working mother and Times  journalist Rachel Kelly went from feeling mildly anxious to being  completely unable to function within the space of just three days.  Prescribed antidepressants by her doctor, and supported by her husband  and her family, Rachel slowly began to get better, but her anxiety  levels remained high, and six years later, as a stay-at-home mother, she  suffered a second collapse even worse than the first.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Throughout both of Rachel's periods of severe depression, the healing  power of poetry became an integral part of her recovery. As someone who  had always loved poetry, it became something for Rachel to cling on to  in times of need - from repeating short mantras to learning and reciting  entire poems - these words and verses became a powerful force for  change in her life. In Black Rainbow Rachel analyses why poetry can be  one answer to depression, and the book contains a selected 40 of the  poems that provided Rachel with solace and comfort during her breakdown  and recovery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At a time when mental health problems and depression are becoming more  common, and the stigma around such issues is finally being lifted, this  book offers a lifeline for anyone seeking to understand depression and  seek new ways to treat it. Poetry is free, has no side-effects and, as  Rachel can attest, 'prescribing words instead of pills' can be an  incredibly powerful remedy.","brand":"Quercus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169991966960,"sku":"9781681444642","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781681444642_p0.jpg?v=1763692819","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781681444642","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}