{"product_id":"a-really-good-day-9781472152893","title":"A Really Good Day","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Ayelet Waldman is fearless'' Rebecca Solnit\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Relentlessly honest and surprisingly funny'' \u003ci\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Genuinely brave and human'' \u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Wildly brilliant'' \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe true story of how a renowned writer''s struggle with mood storms led her to try a remedy as drastic as it is forbidden: microdoses of LSD. Her fascinating journey provides a window into one family and the complex world of a once-infamous drug seen through new eyes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a small vial arrives in her mailbox from ''Lewis Carroll,'' Ayelet Waldman is ready to try anything. Her depression has become intolerable, severe and unmanageable; medication has failed to make a difference. Married with four children and a robust career, she ''should'' be happy, but instead her family and her work are suffering at the mercy of her mood disorder. So she opens the vial, places two drops on her tongue, and becomes part of a burgeoning underground gro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's a simple, delightful premise: a journal of microdosing. Then Waldman brings so much to the project that it turns into something else, something far more beguiling . . . The result is \u003cb\u003econstantly entertaining\u003c\/b\u003e, slyly educational, and surprisingly \u003cb\u003emoving\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003eI don't know another writer like her.\u003c\/b\u003e\" * William Finnegan, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning Barbarian Days *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWildly brilliant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * Elle *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenuinely brave and human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eAyelet Waldman is \u003cb\u003efearless\u003c\/b\u003e, which is our good fortune and sometimes hers. That boldness led to her fruitful adventures in mind-altering substances recounted here. Subtly \u003cb\u003emind-altering\u003c\/b\u003e; this is a book about sub-hallucinatory microdoses of LSD but also about marriage and family life, insomnia, addiction, her past as a defense attorney, our insane drug laws, moods and dispositions and afflictions, and a lot of other stuff braided into an\u003cb\u003e informative, amusing, nonchalantly incendiary\u003c\/b\u003e narrative. You could call this book her war on the war on drugs, but it's \u003cb\u003eso much more\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eso much more funny\u003c\/b\u003e. * Rebecca Solnit, author of A Field Guide to Getting Lost *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelentlessly honest and surprisingly funny\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHumour informs Ayelet Waldman 's lively diary of taking acid\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003eA smart writer with an easy tone\u003c\/b\u003e. As a suburban mother of four , she nicely plays up how unlike the archetypal acid tripper she is. The neurological and pharmaceutical science is well handled and she makes a strong case for medicinal LSD. But perhaps what the book does best is demystify the chemical mythology of drugs. * The Observer *\u003cbr\u003eWaldman proves a \u003cb\u003esharp debunker\u003c\/b\u003e of the myths that have accrued around a potentially life-saving chemical whose star is clearly on the rise * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this \u003cb\u003eraw, honest,\u003c\/b\u003e and ultimately \u003cb\u003ehopeful\u003c\/b\u003e journey, Waldman takes us deep into the forest of her mind and moods. The success of her story with microdosing reminds the medical and legal communities how much still remains to be understand about the brain.\u003c\/p\u003e * Dr. David Eagleman, neuroscientist, author of The Brain *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA trip worth taking.\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Business Post *","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885747614039,"sku":"9781472152893","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472152893.jpg?v=1722537554","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-really-good-day-9781472152893","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}