Description
| Product ID: | 9781910760321 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | A Crowded Silence |
| Authors: | Author: Li Lanni, Tsien Yee Tu |
| Page Count: | 500 |
| Subjects: | Care of people with mental health issues, Care of the mentally ill, Personal and public health / health education, Mental health services, Coping with / advice about illness and specific health conditions, Personal & public health, Mental health services, Coping with illness & specific conditions, China, c 2000 to c 2010 |
| Description: | This powerful memoir follows the extraordinary life of Li Lanni, a writer and former cancer patient struggling with depression in 21st century China. At once deeply personal and profoundly universal, this story of cancer and mental illness captures the life and times of a generation struggling for health and happiness in a rapidly changing China.
What is it like to suffer from depression? As Li Lanni writes, it’s worse than cancer. A child of China’s Cultural Revolution, Li Lanni has always persevered through hardship. Despite her many health struggles, including cancer, Lanni went through life with a smile on her face—until she was diagnosed with depression in 2003. This powerful memoir, told in part through diary entries written soon after her diagnosis, follows the extraordinary story of her life, from her upbringing on communist military bases to her coming of age in the high-pressure, freewheeling commercial centre of Shenzhen. At once deeply personal and profoundly universal, this story of cancer and mental illness captures the life and times of a generation struggling for health and happiness in a rapidly changing China. |
| Imprint Name: | ACA Publishing Limited |
| Publisher Name: | ACA Publishing Limited |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-01-10 |
