Lgies, Suivies De Posies Diverses, Par Madame Dufrenoy... (French Edition)

lgies, Suivies De Posies Diverses, Par Madame Dufrenoy... (French Edition)

Reviewa Washington Post Notable Booka Seattle Times Best Book Of The YearScott Stossel Has Produced The Definitive Account Of Anxiety. . . . This Story Has Needed To Be Told. -Andrew Solomon, Author Of The Noonday DemonEnlightening, Empowering. . . . Brave And . . . Potentially Therapeutic. -The Washington PostSheds Light Not Just On A Particular Disorder But On The Human Condition That Gives Rise To It. -The Wall Street JournalBrings To This Story Depth, Intelligence, And Perspective That Could Enlighten Untold Fellow Sufferers For Years To Come. -Elizabeth Gilbert, Author Of Eat, Pray, LoveA Carefully Reported, Wryly Funny, And Admirably Honest Historical And Personal Investigation. -Elle[An] Erudite, Heartfelt, And Occasionally Darkly Funny Meld Of Memoir, Cultural History, And Science. . . . Excruciatingly Relevant. -O, The Oprah MagazineBravely Intimate. . . . Dazzlingly Comprehensive. -The New York Times Book ReviewAdmirably Done. . . . Intelligent, Interesting, And Well Written. -The New YorkerFirst-Rate. . . . Fascinating. . . . [A] Triumph. -The Boston GlobeThere Is Much Pain Here, But Humor, Too. . . . Without Meaning To, Stossel Has Written A Self-Help Manual. -NewsdayQuite Impressive. . . . [Stossel Is] A Terrific, Companionable Writer. -ForbesWith Humor, Insight And Intense Research, [Stossel] Sheds Light On The Disorder That Is Believed To Affect One In Seven Americans. From A Historical Overview To A Review Of Current Treatments In A Book Laced With Fascinating Personal Anecdotes, Stossel Delivers Authentic Perspective On Such Suffering. -New York Daily NewsScott StosselS New Book On His Lifelong Struggle With Severe Anxiety Is Outstanding In The Fullest Sense Of The Word. . . . Both Conspicuous And Superior Within Its Genre. -The Seattle TimesBooks Exploring Personal Experiences Of Mental Illness Tend To Be Either Over-Wrought Accounts Of Personal Trauma That Shed Little Light On The World Beyond The AuthorS Nose, Or The More Detached Observations Of Scientists And Medics. It Is Rare To Find Works That Bridge These Objectives, Which Is One Reason That The Writer Andrew Solomon Achieved Such Success With The Noonday Demon. . . . StosselS Book Deserves A Place On This Higher Shelf. -NaturePowerful, Eye-Opening And Funny. Pitch-Perfect In His Storytelling, Stossel Reminds Us That, In Many Important Ways, To Be Anxious Is To Be Human. -The Dallas Morning NewsAn Immense Achievement. . . . Superbly Wide-Ranging. . . . With This Substantial Treatment, Stossel Has Done Justice To Himself And His Subject. -The Daily Telegraph (London)An Extraordinary Literary Performance. . . . In An Age Inundated By Memoirs And Psychic Self-Help Books, My Age Of Anxiety Is The Rare Memoir That Tells An Entirely Compelling Story, And The Rare Self-Help Book That Really Helps. You, And Many Thousands Of Readers Along With You, Will Laugh Until You Cry. -Bookforumproduct Descriptiona Bravely Intimate [And] Dazzlingly Comprehensive History (The New York Times Book Review) Of Efforts By Scientists, Philosophers, And Writers To Understand Anxiety-From An Acclaimed Journalist With His Own Longstanding Battle With This Often Misunderstood Affliction.Drawing On His Own Experience With Anxiety, Scott Stossel Presents A Moving And Revelatory Account Of A Condition That Affects Some 40 Million Americans. Stossel Offers An Intimate And Authoritative History. We Discover The Well-Known Who Have Struggled With The Condition, As Well As The Afflicted Generations Of Stossel'S Own Family. Revealing Anxiety'S Myriad Manifestations And The Anguish It Causes, He Also Surveys The Countless Psychotherapies, Medications, And Often Outlandish Treatments That Have Been Developed To Relieve It.Stossel Vividly Depicts AnxietyS Human Toll-Its Crippling Impact, Its Devastating Power To Paralyze. He Also Explores How Individual Sufferers-Including Himself-Have Managed And Controlle