What if someone you loved faded away in front of you, and you were left wondering whether the person you knew ever really existed at all?
"An unsettling story of the heights of love and the depth of its loss. Its disturbing power derives from the fact that the characters’ devastating experiences are an all too common consequence of the manipulation of brain chemicals. This book should be required reading as part of true informed consent before antidepressant prescriptions are dispensed." Moira Dolan, MD Executive Director, Medical Accountability Network
"A realistic portrayal of what is being experienced daily in families all over the world going through antidepressant withdrawal. Terrifying and accurate in all details." Laurie Yorke, RN Administrator, PaxilProgress
Meet Victoria Johnson and Derek Draeler, two everyday people for whom a chance meeting grows into the promise of a wonderful new life together. When Derek suffers a severe reaction to a prescription antidepressant, Victoria watches as the personality of the man she loves twists into something she can no longer recognize. As Derek’s condition worsens, Victoria sifts back through the tiniest details of their relationship and the riddles of his past for any clue that might separate his withdrawal symptoms from the man Derek may truly have been all along.
Orion in the Winter Sky is a journey through a healthy woman’s emotions, faith and strength of character during a situation whose outcome is completely out of her hands.
