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Wake Me Up: A heartfelt story of one mother's battle with postnatal depression and her daughter's autism spectrum disorder

by Claire O'Connell Gissara

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A personal account of postnatal depression, family strain, and an autism diagnosis

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A personal account of postnatal depression, family strain, and an autism diagnosis

Claire O'Connell Gissara presents a brief, first-person account of motherhood under intense pressure: postnatal depression, severe sleep deprivation, a daughter’s autism spectrum diagnosis, and the need to remain present for other children and a marriage. The book frames these experiences through the author’s struggles with health and spirituality, while identifying humour, friendship, family, and love as sources of support. Its emphasis is not on clinical explanation but on the practical and emotional strain placed on a household when a parent is in crisis and a child’s needs are changing.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adults seeking a personal account of postnatal depression and family life
  • Readers interested in parental perspectives on an autism spectrum diagnosis
  • Those looking for a short memoir about support networks during hardship

Themes

Postnatal depressionAutism spectrum diagnosisMotherhoodSleep deprivationFamily support

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Book overview

Being a woman and becoming a wife and mother is the most beautiful journey we can go on!

Or is it?

This is a true and raw account of one mother's battle with her postnatal depression and her daughter's autism spectrum diagnosis which left a sleep deprived mother at a loss to accept.

When your spirituality and health are challenged how do you survive being awake for nineteen hours out of twenty-four? How do you cope?

How do you support your other children and how do you continue to support your marriage?

Find out how humour, good friends and family along with a big dose of love helped save a mother from not wanting to live.

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