Argues that it is necessary for people to experience sadness and melancholy in order to better appreciate happiness, inspire creativity, and foster new insights.
In the aftermath of a car accident that kills her boyfriend and throws her carefully planned future into complete upheaval, high school senior Wren retreats to the deep woods of Maine to live with the artist father she barely knows and meets a boy who threatens to pull her from her safe, hard-won exile.
Able to find beauty in the hills of southern Indiana, Seeley withstands the work, troubles, and sorrows that encompass her family during the depression.
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
Presents a comprehensive examination of depression among teens and analyzes the factors that contribute to their depression, how to recognize the signs of depression, and how to restore hope.
