Excerpts from the 24 min. interview:

Paula Butturini has written a gripping story, “Keeping the Feast”, of her husband's shooting in Romania and subsequent recovery and depression. Her passion for food, and its home-cooked goodness, brings a balance of flavor and emotion to this survival story.

On living with depression: “It's not just the person who's ill who needs treatment. The whole family needs treatment.”

On victims of depression: "People who get through depression are absolute heros!"

On anti-depressant medications: “Anti-depressants don't work at all for a large number of people. Drug companies and doctors rarely talk about drug-resistant depression.”

On writing about food: “Nobody could have read the story if I had focused on just the negative stuff... it was too grim.”

Don't miss Paula's website and blog for more from this gifted writer on life, love, survival and food!: http://www.paulabutturini.com/index.htm

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