' An intelligent incisive exploration of the cures trotted out to treat the 21st century's most insidious malaise & no it's not all in your head'
- Meg Rosoff When Nick Duerden became ill with an all-too-common if routinely misunderstood viral condition his doctor didn't know what to suggest & so he was forced to plunge into the often bewildering but increasingly blossoming world of alternative therapy in pursuit of a cure He visited energy practitioners & spiritual gurus & learned yoga meditation & how to manage the new anxieties his poor health had brought rushing to the surface Get Well Soon is a memoir that focuses on the journey all of us at some point will have to make the abrupt obligation to start living better wiser healthier & to be kinder to our minds & bodies Honest funny & ultimately optimistic it's also about successfully negotiating long-term illness while still leading a hectic modern life because hectic modern lives rarely pause for breath But we can