A Mouthful of Air

By: Amy Koppelman

Narrated by: Julia Atwood

Now a major motion picture starring Amanda Seyfried and Finn Wittrock

A Mouthful of Air is a compassionate and wrenching portrait of Julie Davis, a young wife and mother torn between the love she feels for her family and the voice in her head that insists they’d be better off without her.

We meet Julie several weeks after her suicide attempt, on the eve of her son’s first birthday. Grateful to be alive, Julie tries her best to appreciate every moment — “this tree, that passing car, the pretzel guy up ahead on the corner. She has, for whatever reason, been given a second chance” — but her emotional demons are unrelenting, and she is slowly and quietly losing the battle.

Within the narrative of A Mouthful of Air is an argument about the nature of depression — its causes, cures, and the price it exacts from its victims. With spare, elegant prose, this brutally honest portrayal of family and self illuminates the power and complexity of the human psyche.

Originally published in 2003, A Mouthful of Air now includes an afterword by author Adrienne Miller.

©2003 Amy Koppelman (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing

Loss for Words

I really don’t even know how to review this book. On one hand it was interesting and insightful- on the other, I just didn’t I understand the point or where they were going with it. Probably wouldn’t recommend.

A Mouthful of Air

I had a feeling how this was going to end. this book is an excellent write about a topic that people need to realize the severity of.

Hard to hear, but we’ll done

As a mom of 4, this was a difficult read. However, just because it is hard to swallow doesn’t diminish the writing which was amazing.

amazing

this book gives true insite on what females struggle with during pregnancy, and with depression.

Shines meaningful light on the isolation of PPD

A moving and memorable story of a young mother’s silent struggle with crippling postpartum depression. Brilliantly narrated with empathetic undertones from beginning to end.