The international bestseller ' Hysterical harrowing honest I really loved this book' Jarvis Cocker'A brilliant jangling opus to Rhodes's frantic mind I cannot write anything more affecting about Rhodes than he can write himself' Sunday Times' What Rhodes describes in Fire On All Sides writing with the same passion & energy he has when talking are less destructive more life-enhancing avenues to cope with anxiety depression & trauma that he has found effective' Daily Telegraph' Rhodes writes like he plays
- with power & intensity Deeply stirring' Evening Standard For many of us who suffer from depression or anxiety the simple act of endurance of having to appear 'normal' is a daunting painful & heroic task Getting out of bed packing the kids off to school showing up for work preparing dinner These can be astonishing achievements when it sometimes takes a superhuman effort simply to stand upright How do you keep going? How do you do what you do day in day out conforming to people's idea of you & functioning in the way society expects you to when all you want to do is disappear & hide? In Fire On All Sides Rhodes attempts to find how to make the unbearable bearable in the most exposing circumstances imaginable As he embarks on a gruelling five-month concert tour performing in front of thousands of people the tortuous voices in his mind his constant companions he has no choice but to face these wild mad ramblings head on Luckily there is the music There is always the music Bach Chopin Beethoven
- they are his holy grail his mechanism for survival Just This is an important urgent book It's about going through your day feeling like you can't find a way out of the crazy it's about not setting the happiness bar too high it's about accepting the messy imperfection that is life Rhodes explodes the myths surrounding depression anxiety & stress
- the plagues of our society
- into a million pieces then sticks them back together again with his characteristic thought-provoking laser sharp & humorous style The really good news? It's going to be OK Just