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| Author | Elizabeth Wurtzel |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | Riverhead Trade |
Publication date | 1994 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 384 pages |
| ISBN | 978-1-573-22512-0 first edition |
Prozac Nation is a memoir by American writer Elizabeth Wurtzel published in 1994. The book describes the author's experiences with atypical depression,[1] her own character failings and how she managed to live through particularly difficult periods while completing college and working as a writer. Prozac is a trade name for the antidepressant fluoxetine.[2] Wurtzel originally titled the book I Hate Myself and I Want To Die but her editor convinced her otherwise.[3] It ultimately carried the subtitle Young and Depressed in America: A Memoir.
The book was adapted into a feature film, Prozac Nation (2001), starring Christina Ricci.
- ^ Wurtzel, Elizabeth (1994). Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America. New York: Penguin Books. p. 298.
The McLean people have recommended fluoxetine because they have diagnosed me with atypical depression.
- ^ Kirn, Walter (September 5, 1994). "For White Girls Who Have Considered Suicide". New York Magazine. p. 50.
- ^ Sifre, Gabi; Ettlinger, Marion (1 October 2009). "I Hate Myself and I Want to Die".