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"(a) highly interesting and suggestive book on the analysis of boredom from a strictly psychological perspective..."

"(a) wise and moving memoir..."

"Patrick Barkham’s memoir about trying to raise his children in harmony with nature is thoughtful and poignant..."

"A summer sizzler set in suburban Surrey..."

"What Have I Done? is heartbreaking and brutal in its honesty..."

"Inferno is a haunting, eloquent evocation of becoming a stranger to yourself..."

"he core content is hair-raising and potentially life-saving...."

"Hardman is a no-nonsense narrator..."

"This book is as much a story about the children who escaped schizophrenia’s cruel clutches as it is about those who fell victim to it..."

"Strimpel’s empathy illuminates her book, making her academic prose also very human..."

"(a) compelling book about illness and wellness..."

"most people facing up to the seventh and eighth decades will have an interest in one or two of her topics, and may be inspired..."

"rather beautiful in its effortlessly readable melancholy..."

"Exciting Times gives expression to a certain sensibility..."

"a searing, touching little book..."

"This book, written before Covid-19, makes a powerful case for how to fight future epidemics..."

"Lister, an Englishwoman, is a strong writer, and her book comes with a story attached..."

" it’s hard to resist the momentum of this dual coming-of-age story, and Jones’s imperfect, large-hearted heroines are not soon forgotten..."

"This is not a book about getting over the death of a loved one. Bates knows that is too big a thing to ask for..."

"the book is a truly unique and beneficial account of abuse and its cultural context..."