A Life Interrupted: Insights and Cure of a Depressive

Approximately 400,000 people in Ireland suffer from depression at any one time. In A Life Interrupted, Malachy Walsh gives a courageous and frank account of his 25-year battle with hereditary depression. He describes the terrifying and painful world he inhabited, and the tenacity and strength required to overcome his illness. Tempted to commit suicide on three successive occasions, Malachy pulled himself back from the brink and never gave up. He resorted to many strategies, from vigorous exercise and religious devotion to acupuncture and psychiatric counselling. Few knew or guessed of his condition as he struggled to be a good husband and father and to build a successful business. Malachy chose to write about his experiences to give hope to other depressives and to help those close to them to empathise and understand. This description of the hidden, dark and frightening domain of depression and Malachy’s ultimate recovery is moving and heroically honest.