Reasons to Stay Alive
Aged 24, Matt Haig's world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him and learned to live again. A moving, funny and joyous exploration of how to live better, love better and feel more...
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Aged 24, Matt Haig's world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him and learned to live again. A moving, funny and joyous exploration of how to live better, love better and feel more alive, Reasons to Stay Alive is more than a memoir. It is a book about making the most of your time on earth.
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Format: Audio CD
ISBN:
9781510015975 (1510015973)
ASIN: 1510015973
Publish date: 2015-07-01
Publisher: Whole Story Audio Books
Pages no: 4
Edition language: English
This book is perfect for those who have depressive/anxious friends and can't seem to understand them. The 'reasons' in themselves are commonsense.
It took me a few weeks to cogitate on what I was going to write for this review. A large chunk of Haig's writing is an attempt to explain to the reader just what it is like to have clinical depression; what it feels like and how it affects the day to day life. We humans might have evolved too far...
Yes, but Kindle. Not sure why though.
A fuller review MAY follow but my initial reactions to this book, just after finishing it, you can find here. It is ironic (is that the right word I wonder?) that the author who gave me my first reason to stay alive, at a time when I struggled to find one - with his previous novel, The Humans - ...
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