Southern Vapors: A True Story Of Silver Spoon To Straitjacket – And Back!

Atlanta, GA –
Southern Vapors (CreateSpace) is an intriguing memoir by Lynn Garson
that chronicles her life growing up on West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta’s
wealthiest street. Raised by nursemaids, butlers and chauffeurs, her
very social Jewish parents were often absent on long trips abroad, and
spent much of their time at home making sure Lynn was reflecting the
proper family image to the world at the expense of nurturing or
intimacy. A sensitive, creative child, the emotional abandonment of
Lynn’s childhood created deep, personal insecurities that finally became
unleashed in her 40’s, and changed her world forever, culminating in
her voluntary commitment to a mental institution.

Southern
Vapors is not simply a memoir about lifestyle, family dysfunction and
depression that often rings true in other memoirs from the rich and
famous. It is Garson’s rare ability to capture painful, poignant
snapshots of life that gives the reader total clarity and
self-recognition, and her self-deprecating sense of humor that makes her
story so real and appealing.
 
Lynn offers a glimpse of her
early life as an heiress-in-waiting, living in the big white house that
was more Tara than Tara itself, and chronicles her life from childhood
through college, law school, marriage, children, careers, divorce and
single parenthood. Once the owner of one of Atlanta’s most prestigious
retail stores, it is this sense of style that pervades her book.

The
descent from the dizzying heights of prosperity follow, ending in seven
days locked in a low income mental institution and a number of weeks as
an outpatient. The assortment of colorful characters at the hospital
becomes the subject of a number of vignettes in the book, and Lynn’s
eloquent description of their multiple eccentricities will have readers
both laughing and crying. Struggling with her own depression, she
details everything she tries in her quest for recovery – from
traditional therapy to Native American shamanism – and all in between.
She explores her relationship with each parent, unearthing long-held
secrets, and finally achieves reconciliation with her mother and a
tentative peace with her father, who is no longer living.

As
evidenced by the rave reviews, this attention-grabbing read is difficult
to put down. With total transparency, the author bares her soul with
such compelling honesty, humor and aplomb that readers feel a connection
– like a life-long friend sharing her deepest and darkest secrets with
them. By the end of the book Lynn has her health back and almost a year
under her belt as a practicing attorney in a prestigious firm, marking a
triumphant ending to a remarkably inspiring story.

Lynn Garson
graduated from Tulane University and has lived in Paris, New York and
Hong Kong. She has three children and currently lives in Atlanta. She is
an in-demand motivational speaker for topics including depression,
eating disorders and/or addiction, family issues, and more. Southern
Vapors is her first book and is currently being adapted for the stage.
For more information on this incredible new talent, please visit: www.southernvapors.com .

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Southern Vapors by Lynn Garson
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN-10: 1475008481
ISBN-13: 978-1475008487

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