{"product_id":"9781915087478","title":"A Therapeutic Journey: Lessons from The School of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlain de Botton's redemptive volume charts a course from collapse to recovery with kindness, compassion and wisdom.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e“Alain de Botton, one of our era’s most uncommonly perceptive, lyrical, and lucid existential contemplatives.” — \u003cb\u003eThe Marginalian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Therapeutic Journey \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efollows the arc from mental crisis and collapse, to convalescence and recovery. Written with kindness, knowledge and sympathy, it is both a practical guide and a source of consolation and companionship in what might be some of our loneliest, most anguished moments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this blueprint for enduring a period of mental anguish, Alain de Botton explores how we can cope with a variety of forms of mental pain and illness, from the mild to the severe. It considers how and why we might become ill; how we can explain things to friends, family and colleagues; how we can find our ways towards recovery; and how we can build resilience, so as to live wisely alongside our difficulties.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt heart this is a book about redemption—about regaining the thread of our lives, rediscovering meaning, and finding our way back to connection, warmth and joy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn invaluable literary companion through the loneliness of mental illness. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alain Botton","offers":[{"title":"The School of Life |  Hardback | Paper over boards |  2023-10-20","offer_id":44230083838207,"sku":"9781915087478","price":37.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_dc2e1f6e-b961-43bd-adac-c54a14aa5303.jpg?v=1693003780","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781915087478","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}