Books : Hello to All That: A Memoir of Zoloft, War, and Peace
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by: John Falk
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.85270092
EAN: 9780312425630
ISBN: 0312425635
Label: Picador
Manufacturer: Picador
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: December 27, 2005
Publisher: Picador
Release Date: December 27, 2005
Sales Rank: 428779
Studio: Picador
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Product Description:
His own chemistry was his worst enemy, and it took John Falk to some very strange places--from Garden City, Long Island, to sniper-infested Sarajevo during the Bosnian bloodbath. But through it all, in the face of chronic depression, Falk kept reaching out for the life he'd always wanted. Hello to All That is his story--crazed, comic, poignant, suspenseful, and hopeful.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - read in one, non-stop twelve hour marathon
Author put his heart and soul into this memoir & it shows on every page.
He not only went over to war-torn Sarajevo to pull himself out of his own deep, dark pit, but perhaps to do some good--if at all possible.
It does get to you--on an emotional level & I've had to put the book down for a spell from time to time to collect myself; it is that touching.
John Falk was truly the exception (to so many other journalists) who went over there for their own ... Read More
Rating: - Misery loves compony, good read for anyone who has fell on hard times
I saw the title in Borders one day and something about it just caught me. Maybe its because i was also 24, living in my mothers basement, and was on the better half of my own battle with depression, despair, and uncertainty in life. Either way, i went to the library a week later and checked it out.
An easy read, and i definitely identified with it. I think the duality of the war and flashing back to 80's long island was a great way to write the story.
It isnt a self-help ... Read More
Rating:  - Let Me Entertain You
Chapter 1's leap into Sarajevo had me. Chapter 2's first expressions of adolescent depression put me off, and I thought I was going to hate this book (and its author) as another self-centered, whine-fest, but there was a drama there that kept me reading. By chapter 3 I had surrendered to Mr. Falk's story, and I eventually succumbed to Mr. Falk's charms as an author. At least until I started writing this review.
"Hello to All That..." is harrowing, humorous, and compelling, but it also ... Read More
Rating:  - A very validating, believable read
I could not put this book down. I have struggled with depression for years. There is no book that explains depression more believably - Falk's feeling that life has no meaning echoes how I have felt for most of my life. He is the voice for the most cynical of all of us.
The main thing that made it a brilliant piece was what he gave us in the end. Throughout the book, I was hoping for a giant piece of insight to pull me out of my own despair. About 3/4's through, he talks to the wise man ... Read More
Rating: - Two wars, two victories.
This novel jumps from present day Sarajevo in 1993 to, in the next chapter, Long Island in the 1980's. In Sarajevo Falk fights to stay alive and find stories as an inexperienced and naive freelance reporter, back on Long Island he fights a long and horrible depression that started for no reason and for twelve long hard years showed no signs of ever ending. John is convinced that no one can help him and all he can do is try to hang on and hope everything goes back to the way it was.
Through ... Read More
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