In a message dated 98-03-03 09:24:51 EST, you write: << which jds book would you get them? i think it's between f&z and nine stories, but i can't decide... suggestions anyone? :helena >> oh LORD, I'd have second thoughts about giving ANY Salinger book to a depressed person :) I guess it depends on the source and nature of the depression. F and Z would be good. Better than Nine Stories, I think, because it seems most of the Nine Stories are about how we can't work things out, and F and Z is about how we can... Jim