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Sunbathing in the Rain - A Cheerful Book About Depression (Paperback, New edition)
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Sunbathing in the Rain - A Cheerful Book About Depression (Paperback, New edition)
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List price R274
Loot Price R225
Discovery Miles 2 250
You Save R49 (18%)
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101 Ways to Climb out of the Slough of Despondency - a literary
guide (part memoir, part companion) to coming through depression.
'Depression is internal snow. Black snow. The flakes whirl around
like motes in the water around your personal shipwreck. The quicker
you dive down to see your sorry state, the better for you in life.
For above you, if only you can reach it without getting the bends,
are sunshine, laughter on a yacht, the clink of plates as a lunch
of steaming fish is handed round.' Whilst the overall structure of
'Sunbathing in the Rain' moves from dark to light, telling the
story of Lewis's recovery, its different strands allow a variety of
tones and subjects to be explored, from the profound to the
frivolous. Alongside a paragraph about the proper relationship
between the ego, the mind and the emotions nestles a passage on the
therapeutic value of nail varnish. Practical hints on how to get
better (diet, read Hello!, helpful pieces of music) are alongside
striking quotations, ranging from sentences on crisp packets, to
prayers, from Russian orthodox writings on silence to collections
of slang. Part memoir - drawing on her own experiences, both
adverse and encouraging, as a depressive and an alcoholic - and
part guide or companion, this book brings Burton's 'Anatomy of
Melancholy' into the twenty-first century. For it will have two
voices, one calling from the valley of despair, the other from a
safer, calmer new place. The suffering depressive needs help from
outside his or her own consciousness, a radical new perspective
that makes life possible again. This unique book offers it.
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