Both a memoir and a self-help book, High Tides: Wading Through Depression-Every Day chronicles the difficulties of living with bipolar depression as well as the strategies that have helped this author cope with this sometimes debilitating disease. Not allowing her bipolar illness-and especially depression-rule her life, Andrews draws upon such things as exercise, writing, therapy, medication, and prayer to help her wade through the treacherous waters of this disorder, which claims over 41,000 American lives each year. Managing and battling depression, a formidable adversary, is the focus of...