Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
Warm, witty, honest and human, this book is a manifesto for staying alive, whatever your demons
Maybe the most important book I've read this year -- SIMON MAYO
A life-saving book -- AMANDA CRAIG
Brings a difficult and sensitive subject out of the darkness and into the light -- MICHAEL PALIN
Full of wisdoms and warmth -- NATHAN FILER
Matt Haig is a marvellous writer: limpid; tender; passionateIn this memoir (and it's short, barely 200 pages long), he manages to articulate, both the bleakness of depression and the means of dealing with it, little by little, day by day, without ever sounding maudlin, or self-indulgent, or preachy. For everyone who has ever felt the snap of the black dog's teeth, this book is wise, funny, affirming and redemptive. Sometimes depression can be like falling into a wordless pit. Matt Haig finds the words. And he says them for all of us -- JOANNE HARRIS
Reasons to Stay Alive is wonderful. I read it in one sitting. Touching, funny, thought-provoking, with a huge heart. It should be read by anyone who has suffered, or known someone who has suffered (i.e.. everyone) -- S J WATSON
Fascinating and beautifully written -- IAN RANKIN
Matt Haig uses words like a tin-opener. We are the tin -- JEANETTE WINTERSON
Thoughtful, honest and incredibly insightful -- JENNY COLGAN
Brilliant and salutary . . . should be on prescription -- REV. RICHARD COLES
A life-saving book -- AMANDA CRAIG
Brings a difficult and sensitive subject out of the darkness and into the light -- MICHAEL PALIN
Full of wisdoms and warmth -- NATHAN FILER
Matt Haig is a marvellous writer: limpid; tender; passionateIn this memoir (and it's short, barely 200 pages long), he manages to articulate, both the bleakness of depression and the means of dealing with it, little by little, day by day, without ever sounding maudlin, or self-indulgent, or preachy. For everyone who has ever felt the snap of the black dog's teeth, this book is wise, funny, affirming and redemptive. Sometimes depression can be like falling into a wordless pit. Matt Haig finds the words. And he says them for all of us -- JOANNE HARRIS
Reasons to Stay Alive is wonderful. I read it in one sitting. Touching, funny, thought-provoking, with a huge heart. It should be read by anyone who has suffered, or known someone who has suffered (i.e.. everyone) -- S J WATSON
Fascinating and beautifully written -- IAN RANKIN
Matt Haig uses words like a tin-opener. We are the tin -- JEANETTE WINTERSON
Thoughtful, honest and incredibly insightful -- JENNY COLGAN
Brilliant and salutary . . . should be on prescription -- REV. RICHARD COLES
Matt Haig is the author of five adult novels including the bestselling The Humans, a World Book Night title in 2014, and The Radleys, which was selected for Channel 4's TV Book Club and was voted winner of the series in 2011. He has also written for children and young adults and his work has been translated into thirty languages.
www.matthaig.com
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| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781782115083 |
| ISBN 10 | 1782115080 |
| Title | Reasons to Stay Alive |
| Author | Matt Haig |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2015-03-05 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Prizes | Winner of Books Are My Bag Readers Awards - Non-Fiction 2016 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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