{"product_id":"the-scar","title":"Mary Cregan: The Scar [2019] paperback","description":"At the age of twenty-seven, married, living in New York, and working in book design, Mary Cregan gives birth to her first child, a daughter she names Anna. But it's apparent that something is terribly wrong and two days later, Anna dies, plunging Cregan into suicidal despair. Decades later, sustained by her work, a second marriage, and a son, Cregan reflects on and attempts to make sense of this pivotal experience. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving together literature and research with details from her long-buried medical records, she writes of her own ordeal and the still-visible scar of a suicide attempt- while considering it as part of a larger history of our understanding of depression. She investigates the treatments she underwent, from hospitalization and shock therapy to psychotherapy and antidepressants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once intimate and scholarly, The Scar illuminates a too often stigmatised affliction with compassion and intelligence and offers hope to all those who are still struggling.","brand":"Cregan, Mary","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49498852360531,"sku":"9781843517603","price":21.43,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47467778802003,"sku":"XV81843517603","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/cregan-mary-mary-cregan-the-scar-2019-paperback-59184479371603.jpg?v=1727502965","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/the-scar","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}