Margaret Trudeau

In this candid and engaging book, Margaret Trudeau, author of the bestselling memoir "Changing My Mind," offers women an inspirational and practical approach to creating a healthy, happy, secure and satisfying future life. From dating and online romance to health practices and financial planning, this book explores the fundamentals needed for the best future by discussing cornerstone issues such as housing, money, sex, friendship and children. Practical, straightforward and filled with tips and ideas for living a rich life, it is the perfect book for women of all ages.

"Dans cette autobiographie, Margaret Trudeau parle avec candeur de la maladie qui a silencieusement façonné sa vie tumultueuse. En proie dès l'enfance à de fréquentes sautes d'humeur, Margaret était mal préparée, à vingt-deux ans, au rôle de première dame du Canada. Séduits par sa jeunesse et sa beauté, les Canadiens en sont tombés amoureux, tout comme ils avaient été charmés par son mari, le très charismatique Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Avec les naissances de Justin et de Sacha, le couple paraissait béni des dieux. Cependant, à l'écart des apparitions publiques, Margaret était aux prises avec de graves épisodes dépressifs entrecoupés de crises de manie. Ce comportement inexplicable - y compris pour elle-même - a conduit, deux ans après la naissance de Michel, à la séparation du couple. Puis, graduellement, un fragile équilibre s'est installé, Margaret trouvant le bonheur dans son mariage avec Fried Kemper. En 1998, la mort tragique de Michel, suivie peu après par le décès de Pierre, la plonge dans une insoutenable dépression. La science ayant progressé dans sa compréhension du trouble bipolaire, Margaret peut enfin accepter ce diagnostic et apprendre à vivre avec sa maladie."--[Résumé de l'éditeur].

"In this deeply moving memoir, Margaret Trudeau speaks with candour and insight about the illness that silently shaped her life -- a life lived often in turbulence and in the public's fascination. Plagued since childhood by extreme moods, Margaret was ill-prepared for the high-profile role into which she was cast at age twenty-two, as Canada's youngest first lady. Captivated by her high spirits, youth and beauty, Canadians fell in love with Margaret, just as they had with her charismatic husband, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, three years earlier. When their first son, Justin, was born on Christmas Day and their second son, Sacha, on the same day two years later, this couple seemed almost enchanted. But away from the cameras and the public appearances, and increasingly isolated at 24 Sussex Drive, Margaret struggled with a growing depression offset by bouts of mania. Her behaviour seemed inexplicable to many -- including to herself -- and two years after the birth of their third son, Michel, the marriage broke down. Gradually, though, a fragile stability took hold, as Margaret found happiness in work as a photographer and in her marriage to Fried Kemper. But the tragic death of Michel Trudeau, closely followed by Pierre Trudeau's own passing, caused her to spiral into suicidal depression. Finally accepting the diagnosis of bipolar, she sought medical treatment. Under intense international scrutiny, Margaret Trudeau has survived remarkable highs and devastating lows. Since regaining control of her life, she has brought her formidable passion to helping others, be they Canadians suffering from mental illness or families living without access to water half a world away. A recipient of the Society of Biological Psychiatry Humanitarian Award, she now offers her journey of recovery, acceptance and hope, and generously shares with us many previously unreleased photos, in one of the most important memoirs to come out of this country."--pub. website.

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Margaret parle de son enfance, de la "route des hippies", des préparatifs du mariage, de la vie de famille, de la désillusion, du départ ... Elle termine son autobiographie en avouant qu'elle n'a pas fait très bonne figure dans toute cette affaire, mais elle affirme qu'elle a "au moins essayé d'être honnête."