Sally Brampton Books

Sally Brampton id an optimist. The founding editor of Elle and a successful journalist and novelist, she loves gardening, friends and life. She is also a depressive. Shoot the damn dog is a memoir of her journey through depression. For four years her life stood still, mired in the tears, despair and desperate loneliness of mental illness. The brief joy of a stumbled recovery was cruelly, swiftly followed by a relapse into a deeper darkness, alcohol abuse and two suicide attempts. Hers is a story at once deeply personal and universal, one which offers a connection to those who feel so terribly alone and ashamed. Unflinching and humble in its honesty, Shoot the Damn Dog blasts the stigma of depression as a character failing or moral flaw and confronts the terrifying illness that Winston Churchill called ‘the black dog’. It is also a practical book, offering ideas about what might help. There are no promises, only small steps towards achieving an equilibrium and slowly coming back into the light. With its raw, understated eloquence, this book will speak to anyone whose life has been haunted by depression, and offers help and understanding to those with loved ones who suffer from this debilitating condition. (Taken from the inside dust jacket)

A bittersweet, contemporary novel of a group of friends, all in their thirties and successful, enmeshed in an emotional web of friendship, love, secrets - and AIDS. By the author of 'Good grief'.

Ein vernachlässigtes Kind gibt dem perfekten, doch leeren Leben einer unabhängigen 35jährigen Londoner Karrierefrau neuen Sinn. - Locker erzählter Roman voller Situationskomik.

Eine junge, eigensüchtige Frau wirbelt die Beziehungen dreier älterer Londoner Paare durcheinander und hinterlässt einen Scherbenhaufen.

Současný román o nezávislé egoistické ženě, která si teprve díky náhodnému vztahu k osamělému dítěti uvědomí pravé lidské hodnoty.