On paper, everything looked good for Mark Rice-Oxley: husband, children, fulfilling job. But, at his 40th birthday celebration, his entire world collapsed as he sank into depression. How many men do you know who have gone through periods when their lives didn't seem right? How badly had things gone wrong for them? Many men suffer from depression, yet the subject remains taboo. Often, men do not visit the doctor or do not want to face feelings of weakness and vulnerability. By telling his story, Mark Rice-Oxley hopes to encourage others to share their own experiences. In this profoundly moving manifesto, he retraces the months of his deepest despair, revisiting the landscape from which he sometimes felt he could never escape. Written with lyricism and emotion, Mark captures the physical nature of this most debilitating illness with chilling clarity, while offering a compassionate and detached look at what happens, and perhaps why. It is not a self-help book, but a manifesto full of experience, understanding, and hope for all who read it. Above all, it is honest, moving, and surprisingly optimistic.