At this point, Susan has given up on life and her relationship with her husband. The only thing that keeps her holding on is her little girl September. One day, September decides to thank God by sending him a picture on a purple balloon. From this point Susan life begins to change and she find that happiness for life again. This is a story about having faith and determination.

September’s Balloon is a heartfelt story about a woman who is deeply depressed. You feel like you are right there with the main character throughout the book. It is a dark and sleepy life she lives. Day after day Susan tries to hide in her dreams. She listens to her husband and daughter through the walls of her darkened bedroom. Her husband has bonded very well with their precious daughter. You can feel her pain of only being able to listen to her dear child while she faces her demons in her room.

Susan hits rock bottom and has to face her successful brother to sell her passion in life to him which is her camera. Her brother, Alex, makes her feel incompetent. Susan holds her head high and takes the money from Alex for her camera.

Susan argues with her husband. Her anger forces her to come out of her fog. Susan starts to get up and get dressed each day. She makes dinner like a wife and mother will for her family. She does all of this to get rid of her husband who she has come to hate yet deep down love when she thinks of the past.

September, the child, is a very thoughtful and caring little girl. The amazing balloon notes she writes will tear at your heart strings as will the “person” she sends them to.

Towards the end of the book you will find out why Susan was so dreadfully depressed and understand why she behaves the way she does. When you learn this you will understand her pain.

You will walk each step with Susan to a life for the better. You hope for her. You want to cheer her on. You have faith she will succeed to live. You want Susan, her husband and their daughter to become happier people.

This book is a quick read as you will want to see what happens in the next chapter. I highly recommend this book especially if you know someone dealing with depression. You will learn somewhat what a depressed person feels like and the obstacles the person has to overcome.

Kelley Lang is a marketing consultant for Kathy Flanary Nelson. For more information on the book reviewed above visit http://www.kathyflanarynelson.com

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September’s Balloon is the story of a mother who has lost her way – who is slowly dying through mental illness, who cannot seem to find the help that she needs. It is also the story of a sweet, 6 year old who seems to be the only one who sees her mother’s descent and will do anything to stop it.

Although this is a novel, the story told and lived by the main character Susan feels all too real. Here is a smart woman – she owned her own business, she is a mother and a wife and yet – she feels totally useless – with no direction and no future. All she wants to do is sleep and make it all go away. The man she married is a complete stranger to her – her only bright spot is her daughter September (wonderful name) yet Susan feels as though she is somehow betraying her daughter as well.

It is obvious that Susan is deep into a mental illness and I get sooooo frustrated when I read this! Where is her husband????? How can one live with someone, have a child with that person and yet be clueless? or perhaps more to the point in deep denial? However, September is not in denial about her mother and decides to send a balloon up to God asking for his help.

When I read this, I started to cry – how loving and beautiful that a child, with only a minimal understanding of the situation, would think to do this!!!! The story unfolds from there – bringing along the most beautiful rainbow and describing many more beautiful miracles.

This story is full of hidden messages and absolutely touching imagery. No word or sentence is to be taken at face value – there is always a deeper, more touching meaning.

I loved, loved this book. It made me cry and this happens rarely to me. It is a little short thugh and I could have continued reading – but what a great inspirational story.