‘A stellar cast of writers and thinkers’ Nathan Filer
An explorer spends a decade preparing for an expedition to the South Pole; what happens when you live for a goal, but once it’s been accomplished, you discover it’s not enough? A successful broadcast journalist ends up broke, drunk and sleeping rough; what makes alcohol so hard to resist despite its ruinous consequences? A teenage girl tries to disappear by starving herself; what is this force that compels so many women to reduce their size so drastically?
In this essay collection, writers share the struggles that have shaped their lives – loss, depression, addiction, anxiety, trauma, identity and others.
But as they take you on a journey to the darkest recesses of their mind, the authors grapple with challenges that haunt us all.
Format |
Häftad |
Omfång |
208 sidor |
Språk |
Engelska |
Förlag |
Unbound |
Utgivningsdatum |
2020-06-11 |
ISBN |
9781783527649 |