{"product_id":"9781472950482","title":"Get Well Soon : Adventures in Alternative Healthcare","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eGet Well Soon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Nick Duerden\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An intelligent, incisive exploration of the cures  trotted out to treat the 21st century's most insidious malaise. And no, it's not all in your head.' - Meg Rosoff\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Nick Duerden became ill with an all-too-common, if routinely misunderstood, viral condition, his doctor didn't know what to suggest. And 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 and spiritual gurus, and learned yoga, meditation and how to manage the new anxieties his poor health had brought rushing to the surface.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGet Well Soon\u003c\/i\u003e 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, and to be kinder to our minds and bodies. Honest, funny and 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating and moving story of one man's attempts to regain his health and vitality. I enjoyed the love and resilience that underpin the struggles and searching.\" - \u003ci\u003eCathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGet Well Soon\u003c\/i\u003e is a wise and tender, necessary book, filled with a truth born of searing experience. - \u003ci\u003eA.L. Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An intelligent, incisive exploration of the cures trotted out to treat the 21st century’s most insidious malaise. And no, it’s not all in your head.\" - \u003ci\u003eMeg Rosoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[an] enjoyable new memoir.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eJournalist Nick Duerden investigates alternative therapies to treat a misunderstood condition.\" - \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"After a debilitating viral illness, journalist Nick Duerden developed severe chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and found, like so many others, that modern medicine has little to offer in terms of a cure. He decided to explore the possibilities of alternative medicine.\" - \u003ci\u003eTablet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781472950482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Green Tree","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40656559636686,"sku":"9781472950482","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781472950482","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}