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River of time : my descent into depression and how I emerged with hope / Naomi Judd with Marcia Wilkie.
TITLE:
River of time : my descent into depression and how I emerged with hope / Naomi Judd with Marcia Wilkie.
Publication Date:
2016
Publication Information:
New York : Center Street,
Physical Description:
xv, 300 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill.
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Summary:
Naomi Judd's life as a country music superstar has been nonstop success. But offstage, she has battled incredible adversity. Struggling through a childhood of harsh family secrets, the death of a young sibling, and absent emotional support, Naomi found herself reluctantly married and an expectant mother at age seventeen. Four years later, she was a single mom of two, who survived being beaten and raped, and was abandoned without any financial support and nowhere to turn in Hollywood. Naomi has always been a survivor: She put herself through nursing school, then took a courageous chance by moving to Nashville to pursue the dream of a career in country music. Her leap of faith paid off, and Naomi and her daughter Wynonna became The Judds, soon ranking with country music's biggest stars, selling more than 20 million records and winning six Grammys. At the height of the singing duo's popularity, Naomi was given three years to live after being diagnosed with the previously incurable Hepatitis C. Miraculously, she overcame that too and was pronounced completely cured five years later. But she was still to face her most desperate fight. After finishing a tour with Wynonna in 2011, she began a three-year battle with depression and anxiety. She suffered through frustrating and dangerous roller-coaster effects with antidepressants and other drugs, often terrifying therapies and, at her absolute lowest points, thoughts of suicide. But Naomi persevered once again. This is her poignant message of hope to anyone whose life has been scarred by trauma.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781455595747

9781455595730
General Note:
Includes index.