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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise October 2021 |
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Unsolaced : along the way to all that is
by Gretel Ehrlich
"From one of our most intrepid and eloquent adventurers of the natural world: an account of her search for home--experiences traveling in Greenland, the North Pole, the Channel Islands of California, Japan; of herding animals in Wyoming and Montana, and her embrace of the balance between the ordinary and celestial. In The Solace of Open Spaces, Gretel Ehrlich announced her aspiration as a writer to assign the physical qualities of the earth--weather, light and wind--to our contemporary age. In Unsolaced,thirty-five years later, Ehrlich shows us how these forces have shaped her experience and her understanding as she recalls the split-end strands of friendships spliced to new loves, houses built and lived in, conversations that shifted outlooks, as she tries to catch a glimpse of herself and the places she has sought as an anchor for her spirit. Ehrlich's quest is not for the comfort of permanence, but for transience, the need to be unsettled--to find stillness in the disquiet of engagement, to find in the landscapes of earth, ice, climate, genetic mayhem, and shifting canvas of memory--the possibility of longing. Ehrlich's voice is a unique amalgam of poetry and science, her attention held fast by the vegetation and animals she cares for, the lyric exaltation of insight that gives both her and her readers an intimation of a greater whole"
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| Phosphorescence: A Memoir of Finding Joy When the World Goes Dark by Julia BairdWhat it is: a candid and inspiring examination of ways we can connect, reflect, and even find moments of contentment during the most difficult times in our lives.
Chapters include: "Honor The Temporary"; "Why We Need Silence"; and "The Art of Savoring."
About the author: Australian journalist and television host Julia Baird is a regular contributor to The Sydney Morning Herald and The New York Times. Her previous books include Media Tarts and Victoria: The Queen. |
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Are u ok? : A Guide to Caring for Your Mental Health by Kati MortonThe licensed family therapist and YouTube personality clarifies the difference between mental health and mental illness, answering common questions to reduce stigmas while offering advice on how to pursue beneficial therapy.
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| We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation by Eric GarciaWhat it is: a thought-provoking exploration of the growing self-advocacy movement among autistic people and an impassioned argument for radically re-framing the way autism is discussed in wider society, written by autistic Washington Post reporter Eric Garcia.
The takeaways: autism is not something to be "cured"; race and gender often prevent people from being diagnosed; any conversation about autistic people that doesn't include autistic people themselves is incomplete.
Reviewers say: "A well-researched survey of autism that will spark debates among autistic people and their allies" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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| I Live a Life Like Yours by Jan GrueWhat it's about: This moving and candid mix of memoir and essay collection reflects on the author's mental and physical health history, delving into topics such as childhood trauma, disability, and living a fulfilling life with spinal muscular atrophy.
About the author: Norwegian writer Jan Grue teaches at the University of Oslo and has published fiction, nonfiction, academic criticism, and children's literature.
For fans of: Sitting Pretty by Rebecca Taussig; Places I've Taken My Body by Molly McCully Brown. |
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| The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World by Joe KeohaneWhat it is: Part self-help and part history, this is a well-researched yet accessible exploration of the power of human connection to transform our communities and ourselves.
Why you should read it: Though interpersonal relationships are always an important topic, The Power of Strangers will prepare readers to approach future, post-COVID social pursuits in a thoughtful, intentional way.
Reviewers say: The Power of Strangers is an "eye-opening account" that readers will find "enlightening and uplifting" (Library Journal). |
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Group : how one therapist and a circle of strangers saved my life
by Christie Tate
A top law school graduate struggling with suicidal thoughts and an eating disorder describes her reluctant participation in a therapeutic support group that taught her the meaning of human connection and intimacy. A first book. 125,000 first printing.
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| Committed: Dispatches from a Psychiatrist in Training by Adam Stern, M.D.What it's about: the lessons about mental health that Dr. Adam Stern learned from both his patients and his fellow overworked, sleep-deprived colleagues during his medical residency.
Read it for: the candid and compassionate way Dr. Stern relates the compelling stories of people he helped and the people who helped him during that difficult time.
You might also like: In Shock by Rana Awdish; The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper. |
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