Elizabeth Wurtzel
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born
July 31, 1967
gender
female
place of birth
New York, New York, The United States
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genre
Nonfiction
influences
Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Lou Reed, Bruce Springsteen
about this author
Brought up Jewish, Wurtzel's parents divorced when she was young. As described in Prozac Nation, Wurtzel's depression began at the ages of ten to twelve. She attended Ramaz for high school and was described as an over-achiever by her teachers, who expected her to become a nationally famous writer. While an undergraduate at Harvard College, she wrote for The Harvard Crimson and the Dallas Morning News. Wurtzel also received the 1986 Rolling Stone Magazine College Journalism Award. Following her graduation, Wurtzel moved to Greenwich Village in New York City and found work as pop music critic for The New Yorker and New York Magazine.
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Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel avg rating 3.17 — 4,869 ratings — published 1994 17 editions |
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Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women by Elizabeth Wurtzel avg rating 3.22 — 1,061 ratings — published 1998 6 editions |
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More, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction by Elizabeth Wurtzel avg rating 3.71 — 660 ratings — published 2001 5 editions |
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The Secret of Life: Commonsense Advice for the Uncommon Woman by Elizabeth Wurtzel avg rating 3.65 — 96 ratings — published 2001 2 editions |
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The Bitch Rules by Elizabeth Wurtzel avg rating 4.00 — 19 ratings — published 1998 3 editions |
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Radical Sanity by Elizabeth Wurtzel avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 2001 |
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Secret of Life by Elizabeth Wurtzel avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2007 |
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"That's the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it's impossible to ever see the end."
— Elizabeth Wurtzel
— Elizabeth Wurtzel
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depression
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"That is all I want in life: for this pain to seem purposeful."
— Elizabeth Wurtzel
— Elizabeth Wurtzel
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depression
45 people liked it
"“I feel like a defective model, like I came off the assembly line flat-out fucked and my parents should have taken me back for repairs before the warranty ran out.”"
— Elizabeth Wurtzel
— Elizabeth Wurtzel
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depression
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