Morning Has Broken: A Couple's Journey Through Depression

by Emme Aronson and Phillip Aronson

Book Overview

World-famous model and television personality Emme and her husband, Phillip, had a happy marriage, a healthy baby girl, and a bright future together. Then Phillip was beset by a painful infection-and soon found himself battling the crippling effects of clinical depression. Told in the voices of both Phillip and Emme, this is the true unflinching story of a couple who endured the ravages of a lifethreatening depression together, and emerged stronger...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451218078
• ISBN13: 9780451218070
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: New American Library
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

I READ IT IN FIVE HOURS!

Talk about a book you can't put down... I read it in five hours! Not only is it a great love story, it's a manual on how to support someone with depression and see the light at the end of the tunnel, when they can't even imagine it. If you know someone, live with someone, or love someone suffering with depression you MUST read this book. But even if depression hasn't touched your life... READ THIS BOOK. You will never look at a bad day the same way. The next time you tell someone that you're feeling depressed, pick up this book and count your blessings.

a beautiful real experience shared for us all to benefit

i could not put this book down! i was so interested and captured by their experiences with life, with depression, with each other and the effects on their friends and family. the way it was written was so powerful and intriguing that i wanted to learn more and more about the debilitating illness of depression. i was captivated by the rawness of their feelings and how well these feelings were expressed on the pages of this book to be shared by the world. i hope that their experiences can be shared by all around the world as i feel it can be of such value to those suffering with depression.

A triumph of hope and love.

Morning Has Broken is a book about how depression enters one's life and holds it, along with those we love, hostage. In Phil Aronson's terrifying ordeal, no one was closer to his agonizing, impossible depression than his wife Emme. Phil's story needs to be told because the word must get out that depression, as devastating an experience as it may be, is ultimately no match for the human spirit. Emme's story needs to be told because depression isn't limited to chemicals and individuals; it infects loved ones as well. Together their story is a complete story of surviving depression, one that deals honestly and courageously with the myriad challenges imposed on a family. Together Phil and Emme have journeyed to dark places that unfortunately others must traverse, but as Phil eloquently states, "Our goal is to reassure readers...that they are not alone, or crazy, or without hope..." This is a book not only of a triumph over depression, but a triumph of love. Dr. Joe Luciani Author: Self-Coaching: How to Heal Anxiety and Depression

Excellent narration of lives touched by depression

I just started reading this book and I can't stop. I want to read it every moment I get. I love the way the book switches off between Emme and Philip every other chapter. This is very unique and intriguing. I can really relate to the content and it is uplifting to read the way it is presented by the Aronsons.

Courage

I found this book to be so courageous. I believe that everyone in some way at some time is touched by depression. I truly believe that Emme and Phillip want to help others. In order to do this they bared themselves so completely. This was a very courageous act. I could not put the book down. I am a slow reader and I finished the book in 2 days.