Our June Book Club Pick: The Valedictorian of Being Dead

June 17, 2019

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Have you heard the news? This is My Brave has launched a monthly Book Club!

With the abundance of incredible books on the topic of mental illness and mental health, we wanted to celebrate some of our favorite reads with our This Is My Brave family.

“Reading was one way I found stories from individuals dealing with the exact same thing I was facing and reading their stories helped me to better understand my condition,” Jennifer Marshall shared. “Memoirs written by individuals living with bipolar disorder, like Kay Jamison’s An Unquiet Mind, taught me that it was possible to lead a fulfilling life despite this life-long diagnosis.”

Each month, This Is My Brave will select a book as the monthly pick, and it will be announced in our e-newsletter at the start of the month. If you’re not already subscribed, now is a great time to sign up to stay in the loop on what we’re reading![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1/1″][vc_button button_color=”accent” border_width=”0″ link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2Fc6VPir||target:%20_blank|”]Join our e-newsletter[/vc_button][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”80″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]For June, we’ve been reading The Valedictorian of Being Dead: The True Story of Dying Ten Times to Live by Heather Armstrong.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”80″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]From New York Times bestselling author and blogger Heather B. Armstrong comes an honest and irreverent memoir about her experience as one of only a few people to participate in an experimental treatment for depression involving ten rounds of a chemically induced coma approximating brain death. This Is My Brave alumna Valerie Van Galder recently finished this book and shared her praise of the work. “I thought it was great,” she said. “Very personal. Very immediate. Very honest.” We’d love to hear what you think of the book, the author’s experience and her style of storytelling. Pick it up today and then let us know your thoughts.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]