{"product_id":"creatures-of-a-day-9780349407425","title":"Creatures of a Day","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes life worth living? What can we do to lead meaningful lives? And how do we confront our inevitable end? In his long career, eminent psychotherapist and author Irvin Yalom has pressed his patients and readers to grapple with life''s two greatest challenges: that we all must die, and that each of us is responsible for leading a life worth living. In \u003ci\u003eCreatures of a Day, \u003c\/i\u003ehe and his patients face the difficulty of these challenges. Although these people have come to Yalom seeking relief, recognition, or meaning, he and they discover that such things are rarely found in the places where we think to look. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike \u003ci\u003eLove''s Executioner \u003c\/i\u003eand Yalom''s other writing, \u003ci\u003eCreatures of a Day\u003c\/i\u003e provides an intelligent, compassionate, yet still unflinching look at the human soul and all the pain, confusion, and hope that go with it. The power of these stories is amplified by Yalom''s reflections on his own life as he reckons with its inevitable end. Suffused with humor, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoignant and beautiful insights from a wise therapist looking back on a career, a therapist who happens to be a writer I greatly admire - \u003ci\u003eCreatures of a Day\u003c\/i\u003e is just what the Doctor ordered! * Abraham Verghese, author of CUTTING FOR STONE *\u003cbr\u003eDr. Yalom has written a magical book. Anyone who has ever thought about his or her own aging or mortality will love this book. The result will be that of meeting, up close, a truly wise man, a really kind man, and of feeling deeply understood * George Vaillant, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard University, and author of Triumphs of Experience and Aging Well *\u003cbr\u003eIrvin Yalom has produced a book of such piercing depth that to enter into it is transformative. You feel less like you are reading \u003ci\u003eCreatures of a Day\u003c\/i\u003e than that it is reading you. Only a handful of books can accomplish such a feat. Give praise that one more has entered this rare and precious list * Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, McArthur Fellow and author of Plato at the Googleplex and Betraying Spinoza *\u003cbr\u003eI've been a deep admirer of Irvin D. Yalom's writing - in fiction and nonfiction - for many years. In \u003ci\u003eCreatures of a Day\u003c\/i\u003e, he brings together his profound sense of human suffering and joy with a novelist's eye for detail, for narrative moment. These tales of therapy ring with truth, inviting us to consider the most pressing (moral, spiritual) questions with awe, with hope for transformation. A moving and original work * Jay Parini, author of THE LAST STATION *\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLove's Executioner, \u003c\/i\u003eIrv Yalom invented a new literary genre: narratives of psychotherapy with the pathos of great fiction and the insight of great essays. For those of us who learned so much about human nature and the human condition from Yalom, the publication of \u003ci\u003eCreatures of a Day \u003c\/i\u003eis a reason to celebrate * Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of HOW THE MIND WORKS and THE SENSE OF STYLE *\u003cbr\u003eA collection of insightful case studies that read like life-affirming short stories. It's a must-read for human psyche buffs. * Sunday Express *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49083485520215,"sku":"9780349407425","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349407425.jpg?v=1725549095","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/creatures-of-a-day-9780349407425","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}