Depression the Comedy: A Tale of Perseverance

Holmes, Jessica

ISBN 10: 0995266549 / ISBN 13: 9780995266544

Published by Page Two, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Depression the Comedy: A Tale of Perseverance
• Publisher: Page Two
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0995266549
• ISBN 13: 9780995266544
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Comedians live by the mantra tragedy + time = comedy―hence Jessica Holmes’s refreshing and hilarious new memoir about depression, “the cold sore of the mind.” She takes us on her journey― sometimes laugh-out-loud, sometimes cringe-worthy―from successful performer to someone who was basically living the life of a house cat. She muses about:

the chicken and the egg of depression and comedymarriage counselling (a.k.a. tattling on your spouse)where jokes come fromliving on the sofa, which now looks like a tornado hit a 7-Elevenher kids’ take on the perks of having a depressed mom: “We don’t have to clean up anything. Yesterday the cat barfed and Mom just put a cushion on it and went back to playing on the iPad!”the obnoxiousness of anti-depressant commercials: “I never noticed the ocean before!”Holmes shares her two cents on how to play it cool when your medication makes you hear Kate Hudson’s voice, and why you don’t sneak pepperoni into the movies. It’s a validating read for anyone who has suffered from depression a little (“I get sad every January”) or a lot (“My psychiatrist doesn’t have a name for what I’ve got”) or who just thinks real life calls for levity and understanding.

About the Author

Jessica Holmes is a Canadian comedian and writer best known for her work on the Royal Canadian Air Farce and The Holmes Show. As a stand-up comic, she has opened for Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres, and Russell Peters, as well as icons like Oprah Winfrey and Deepak Chopra. She's performed with The Second City, Just for Laughs, and appeared on the TV shows Little Big Kid, The Itch, and Wild Card. Her first memoir, I Love Your Laugh: Finding the Light in My Screwball Life, was published by McClelland & Stewart in 2011. After battling post-partum depression and "regular, run-of-the-mill, garden-variety depression" (her words), Holmes began openly sharing her mental health story using humour. She is the daughter of a Mormon father and feminist mother (yes, that should be a sitcom), and she currently lives in Toronto with her husband and two kids.