Summary
We are creatures of habit, and we live in small worlds. But what happens when change disrupts our lives? This book, the first in a trilogy, offers profound insight into the human mind and heart: how we are, how we break, how we mend.
‘It takes guts to realise change is called for, and more to follow it through. This book should help.’ — Guardian
‘Wow! This book makes your head spin, in a good way.’ — William Leith, Spectator
‘Fascinating, profound, wonderfully well-obs…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141979632 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141979631 |
| Author: | Vincent Deary |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 26 August 2015 |
| Weight: | 203g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 129mm x 197mm |
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Critics Review
Exhilarating, lyrical, consoling… His voice is pleasingly sardonic one of a peer who finds this stuff as difficult and disorientating as the rest of us
Exhilarating, lyrical, consoling… His voice is pleasingly sardonic one of a peer who finds this stuff as difficult and disorientating as the rest of us – Oliver Burkeman * Guardian *
A book about human nature. It’s crammed with ideas. It makes your head spin, in a good way – William Leith * Spectator *
Fascinating, profound, wonderfully well-observed… [How We Are] could change lives – Bel Mooney * Daily Mail *
An honest, self-searching voice, rich in images and characters’ stories – Antonia Macaro * Financial Times *
Vincent Deary
Vincent Deary is a Health Psychologist at Northumbria University, where his research focuses on the development of new psychosocial interventions for people with a variety of health complaints, including cancer survivors and fear of falling in older adults. As a clinician he works in the UK’s first trans-diagnostic Fatigue Clinic, working as part of a multidisciplinary team to research and develop new treatments for people for whom fatigue is a disabling symptom. He is the author of How We Are, the first book in the How to Live trilogy.
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