I’ve seen people talk about actors and artists that had a terrible time.
My own would be Anne Rice. She wrote Interview with the Vampire after her young daughter died of Leukemia. Then her husband suddenly died of a brain hemorrhage. I suspect her Christian, anti-fanfic phase was a result of mental illness and manipulation from the publishers, although I don’t think she ever apologized.
This is the one I came to say. I felt a connection to the character dealing with my own issues in life. Even though I’m good, reading that brought me back to that feeling of being functionally depressed and outwardly fine to everyone. I felt bad finding out about the author after and comparing it to the book after I didn’t feel like it was fictional.
I highly recommended another read if it’s been a few years. The story ages with you in a way.
it’s one of maybe 3 books I’ve been able to breeze through in a single day in the past decade. something about it just drew me in like that. thank you, I should read it again.