Life B

“Insightful, honest, and ultimately life-affirming, Life B shines a light on a secret life many experience in shame and silence, and shows that it's never too late to take those first steps toward healing. Bethanne Patrick's perseverance in getting a correct diagnosis and treatment at midlife gives hope to everyone who has ever wondered if life will get better.”

—Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk To Someone

“In Life B, Bethanne Patrick takes readers on a harrowing journey to the cliff edge of suicidal despair, so that they might stare into the abyss of depression and better understand this debilitating condition. Not since William Styron’s Darkness Visible has there been so enlightening a book on mental illness. Fearless, generous, fascinating.”

—Adrienne Brodeur, author of Wild Game

“Bethanne Patrick has long been a hero in the literary world — a tireless supporter of writers and writing. Now she has given us this brave, elegant work. It’s so good. Radical truth.”

—Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The House of Broken Angels

“It’s never too late to become who we want to be, to define ourselves on our own terms, as Bethanne Patrick shows us in this wise and beautiful memoir. Life B makes such a powerful and timely argument for finally dismantling our culture’s stigma around mental illness and disability.”

—James Tate Hill, author of Blind Man’s Bluff