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Drawing on in-depth reporting, written testimonies and formative events in her own childhood, award-winning New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv offers a subtle, compassionate, revelatory account of how we understand ourselves in periods of crisis and distress.  ‘Aviv finds language for the most ineffable registers of human experience’ Wall Street Journal  ‘Profoundly intelligent… superbly written portraits’ Guardian  A best book of the year in the Los Angeles Times, Time, Washington Post, New Yorker, and Vogue","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49512631566609,"sku":"GOR013755935","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49746042159377,"sku":"NGR9781529111651","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53022861361425,"sku":"GOR014701029","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53220623024401,"sku":"GOR014812387","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/152911165X.jpg?v=1750761106"},{"product_id":"strangers-to-ourselves-book-rachel-aviv-9780374600846","title":"Strangers to Ourselves","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One of the top ten books of the year at \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVulture\/\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A best book of the year at \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed, award-winning \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e writer Rachel Aviv offers a groundbreaking exploration of mental illness and the mind, and illuminates the startling connections between diagnosis and identity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStrangers to Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e poses fundamental questions about how we understand ourselves in periods of crisis and distress. 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Animated by a profound sense of empathy, Aviv''s gripping exploration is refracted through her own account of living in a hospital ward at the age of six and meeting a fellow patient with whom her life runs parallel--until it no longer does.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Aviv asks how the stories we tell about mental disorders shape their course in our lives--and our identities, too. Challenging the way we understand and talk about illness, her account is a testament to the porousness and resilience of the mind.\u003c\/p\u003e in healing temples in Kerala; an incarcerated mother vying for her children''s forgiveness after recovering from psychosis; a man who devotes his life to seeking revenge upon his psychoanalysts; and an affluent young woman who, after a decade of defining herself through her diagnosis, decides to go off her meds because she doesn''t know who she is without them. 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