Shades of Blue

The silent epidemic of depression affects millions of people and takes dozens of lives everyday, while our culture grapples with a stigma against open discussion of mental health issues. Editor Amy Ferris has collected these stories to illuminate the truth behind that stigma and offer compassion, solidarity, and hope for all those who have struggled with depression.

Contributors to Shades of Blue include:

Barbara Abercrombie

Sherry Amatenstein

Regina Anavy

Chloe Caldwell

Jimmy Camp

Debra LoGuercio DeAngelo

Marika Rosenthal Delan

Hollye Dexter

Beverly Donofrio

Beth Bornstein Dunnington

Matt Ebert

Betsy Graziani Fasbinder

Zoe FitzGerald Carter

Pam L. Houston

David Lacy

Patti Linsky

Mark S. King

Caroline Leavitt

Karen Lynch

Lira Maywood

C.O. Moed

Mark Morgan

Linda Joy Myers

Christine Kehl O’Hagan

Jennifer Pastiloff

Ruth Pennebaker

Angela M. Giles Patel

Alexa Rosalsky

Elizabeth Rosner

Kathryn Rountree

Kitty Sheehan

Jenna Stone

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Samantha White

Shades of Blue brings the conversation around depression and sadness into the open with real, first-hand accounts of depression and mental health issues, offering empathy to all those who have been affected by these issues.

It’s time to scream out loud against this silent annihilator: We are not alone.