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For Immediate Release
As Andrea Yates prepares for re-trial, a first-of-its-kind book with survival stories from
mothers around the world is now available to help women recover from postpartum depression and
postpartum psychosis.
Sandra Poulin provides an excellent interview representing voices of PPD survivors around the
world. To schedule an interview please contact:
Melissa Broder, 212-366-2538, Publicist, Berkley Books,
melissa.broder@us.penguingroup.com
Melanie Yonks, 214-681-2303, Publicist, A New Day Inc.,
m.yonks2@verizon.net
Sandra Poulin, 214-356-2444, Author,
Sandra.Poulin@postpartumdepression.net
The Mother-to-Mother Postpartum Depression Support Book: Real Stories from Women Who Lived
Through It and Recovered by Sandra Poulin
Foreword by Jane Honikman, Founder, Postpartum Support International
Andrea Yates, the Houston mother who gained worldwide notoriety for drowning her five young
children, is scheduled to begin her re-trail on March 20, 2006. Postpartum Depression,
Psychosis, and all postpartum illnesses are sure to once again become one of the most
newsworthy topics in America.
Another mother, Sandra Poulin of Dallas, spent the last nine years collecting stories from
women all around the world who, like herself, recovered from postpartum depression and
psychosis, and shared a passion to help mothers recover and prevent the Andrea Yates type of
tragedies in the future.
Until now, virtually all postpartum depression books have been written from a clinical
perspective by medical professionals. Here, in a first of its kind collection, are stories of
women's battles with PPD, with intimate details about the symptoms, the struggles, and the
strategies that helped them emerge victorious.
The Mother-to-Mother Postpartum Depression Support Book: Real Stories from Women Who
Lived Through It and Recovered (Berkley Trade Paperback Original; $14.00; March 7, 2006)
features stories from mother to mother, from cover to cover. The book includes tips and
inspiration from more than one hundred women from all over the world.
Mothers share their challenges with sleep deprivation, anxiety, colicky and ill babies, and
other issues that sent them into a downward spiral. Offering hope and reassurance, readers will
find support from "everyday" mothers who've "been there."
After Author Sandra Poulin recovered from PPD, she started her mission to help women
everywhere...by creating the "grassroots" book that she herself had wanted to read when she was
going through it - but could not find. The mothers who participated know that while
professionals can provide therapy and medication, it takes mother to mother experiences to
provide validation and emotional support to truly get well again.
The Mother-to-Mother Postpartum Depression Support Book: Real Stories from Women Who Lived
Through It and Recovered is an uplifting, enlightening, and perhaps even lifesaving book.
For more information visit:
www.postpartumdepression.net
About the Author
Like most new mothers, Sandra Poulin was "on top of the world" when her baby daughter was born.
Little did she know that just four months later, she would be in the depths of Postpartum
Depression. What was expected to be one of the happiest times of her life instead became one of
the most difficult. After recovering from Postpartum Depression, Sandy began her mission to
help women everywhere by creating a book that she had wanted to read but could not find...
filled with encouragement, inspiration, and wisdom to help mothers recover.
Sandra Poulin grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the youngest of six children. She has a Bachelor
of Arts Degree from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, with a major in Mass
Communications. Now in her 20th year as a Radio Marketing Specialist for Dallas Radio Station
KRLD NEWS RADIO 1080, Sandra resides in Dallas, Texas, with her husband Tim and daughter Rachel.
The Mother-to-Mother Postpartum Depression Support Book: Real Stories from Women Who Lived
Through It and Recovered by Sandra Poulin
Berkley Trade Paperback; March 2006; $14.00
ISBN 0-425-20808-7
Visit our web site at:
www.penguin.com
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Penguin Group (USA) Inc. is the U.S. member of the internationally renowned Penguin Group.
Penguin Group is one of the leading U.S. adult and children's trade book publishers, owning a
wide range of imprints and trademarks, including Berkley Books, Dutton, Frederick Warne, G.P.
Putnam's Sons, Grosset & Dunlap, New American Library, Penguin, Philomel, Riverhead Books
and Viking, among others. The Penguin Group is part of Pearson plc, the international media
company.
www.postpartumdepression.net and The Mother-to-Mother
Postpartum Depression Support Book: Real Stories from Women Who Lived Through It and Recovered
are intended as reference tools only, not as medical guides or manuals for self-treatment. If
you suspect that you have a medical problem, you are urged to seek competent medical help. The
information in the Web site and book is intended to help you make informed decisions about your
health, not to substitute for any treatment prescribed by your physician.
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