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Prozac Nation

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Initial release September 8, 2001
Directors Erik Skjoldbjærg
Box office129,364 USD
Story by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Producers Christina Ricci
Galt Niederhoffer
R. Paul Miller
Brad Weston
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Based on the best selling novel, set in the mid 1980's before the prevalence of anti-depressants, it follows a young working class woman's (Christina Ricci) bout with depression during her first year at Harvard. The film explores this generation's struggle to navigate the effects of divorce, drugs, sex, and an overbearing mother (Jessica Lange).

Elizabeth Wurtzel: Prozac Nation author dies at the age of 52

Feb 16,2020 9:52 am

Ms Wurtzel was an influential voice of Generation X ,

Elizabeth Wurtzel , the author of the best-selling 1994 memoir Prozac Nation , who died a detailed analysis of their struggles with depression and addiction, at the age of 52 rich.

her husband, Jim Freed, told US media she died in a New York Hospital after a long battle with cancer.

Published, if you are divided in your 20s, Prozac Nation critics. Some praised Ms Wurtzel for their openness, while others said she was busy with themselves.

the BBC in 2012

she said, contained details about their self-injury, drug use and Sex Life , and made them an influential voice of Generation X .

The book has been credited with helping spark write to a boom in the confessional.

her other books include bitch: in praise of Difficult Women , and More, Now, Again: A book Addiction, while their essays have appeared in publications such as The New York Times.

In the year 2015 piece for the newspaper, and chemotherapy and a double mastectomy.

Following news of her death on Tuesday, tributes were paid on Social Media .

"is It impossible to the effects of Elizabeth Wurtzel had in the 90s. She was unapologetic, raw, honest. They Stand for a very specific form of GenX femininity, the confession, the anger," the journalist, Erin Blakemore wrote.

the actress Mia Farrow described the author as a "brilliant, complex, fascinating, funny, and friendly".

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Source of news: bbc.com

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