Behind the Smile: My Journey out of Postpartum Depression

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Grand Central Publishing, Nov 15, 2008 - Health & Fitness - 320 pages
More than one out of 10 new mothers experience post-partum depression (PPD), yet few women seek help. After Marie Osmond, beloved singer and TV talk show host, gave birth to her seventh child (four of her children are adopted), she became increasingly depressed. One night, she handed over her bank card to her babysitter, got in her car, and drove north-with no intention of returning until she had emerged from her crisis.

After she went public with her own experiences with PPD on Oprah and Larry King Live, the response was overwhelming. Now collaborating with a doctor who helped her through her ordeal, Marie Osmond will share the fear and depression she overcame, and reveal how she put it all behind her and is moving on with her life.
 

Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Behind the Smile
Overnight Sensation
Know Theyre Mine
Barefoot and Pregnant Thats
Fine Great
Its Independence Day for America Labor Day for
To See Me This
A Final Plea
One Shoe
Its Donny andWho Is That?
A Whole Other Reality
The Larger Picture
A Verdict of Not Guilty
Is That My Inner Voice or Did I Swallow My Cell Phone?

Honorable Discharge
Someone to Watch Over
What a Pain in the Neck
Highway Hypnosis Youre Getting Very Shaky
Christmas Mourning
Pull Up a Chair
Epilogue Poem
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Olive Marie Osmond is an American singer, actress, author, philanthropist, talk show host and a member of the show business family the Osmonds. Although she was never part of her family's singing group, she gained success as a solo country music artist in the 1970s and 1980s.

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