Hillbilly Gothic: A Memoir of Madness and Motherhood Audiobook

" Really, really good, especially when you have a family with a history of mental illness. "

" Not bad, but not great. The narrative thread wasn't strong enough to keep me reading past a page or two. Interesting commentary on the stigma of mental illness. "

" Too much background, not enough crazy. "

" Drgged too much Did not care for this one. Enjoy most memoirs but could not maintain my interest "

" Only about half-way through and I am LOVING every sentence of it. Sad and honest and funny and dark and genuine. It's reminding me a lot, at times, of my own family's Mama history. "

" An excellent memoir of a Woman who gets pregnant despite the long family history of postpartum depression and how she was able to battle her illness and get better. She then was able to have a second child with better tools and knowledge going forward. "

" This memoir is journalistic rather than literary. The subject is postpartum depression and societies view of mental illness in general. No new ground is covered. The title is misleading as there is not much Gothic and even less hillbilly about it. "

" Only read about 40 pages of this one. Just couldn't get into it. Guess I'll skip my book club this month! "

" This book gets a 3.5. Adrienne Martini is witty, funny, and brutally honest about her experience with Post-Partum Depression. I was surprised to find I had a hard time putting this book down. "

" Interesting memoir about families and depression as well as post-partum depression. Very witty writer. "

" well written. i'm glad she wrote this as many women suffer from some sort of PPD. "

" The first chapter had me really hooked, but it soon became too self-absorbed. I felt similarly as when reading An Unquiet Mind....I'm sorry things are so difficult for people with mental disorders but hey, life is difficult even if you don't (or maybe I do and I'm just in denial). "

" i just started reading it but its amazing and it is rather depressingly interesting "

" Terrific book! One of the best accounts of PPD I've ever read (and I've read most). "

" this book was awesome! a serious subject but written with a lot of insight and humor. It was over too soon! "

" the subject matter is important, but the book was just kind of boring "

" Too much of her recovery was glossed over making this book seem a little too light for the topic. "

" Drgged too much Did not care for this one. Enjoy most memoirs but could not maintain my interest "

" this book was awesome! a serious subject but written with a lot of insight and humor. It was over too soon! "

" The first chapter had me really hooked, but it soon became too self-absorbed. I felt similarly as when reading An Unquiet Mind....I'm sorry things are so difficult for people with mental disorders but hey, life is difficult even if you don't (or maybe I do and I'm just in denial). "

" Too much background, not enough crazy. "

" Really, really good, especially when you have a family with a history of mental illness. "

" well written. i'm glad she wrote this as many women suffer from some sort of PPD. "

" Only about half-way through and I am LOVING every sentence of it. Sad and honest and funny and dark and genuine. It's reminding me a lot, at times, of my own family's Mama history. "

" Too much of her recovery was glossed over making this book seem a little too light for the topic. "

" This book has the best description of the discombobulating post-partum time of anything I have ever read. "