{"product_id":"my-age-of-anxiety-9780307390608","title":"My Age of Anxiety","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bravely intimate [and] dazzlingly comprehensive history (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review) \u003c\/i\u003eof efforts by scientists, philosophers, and writers to understand anxiety—from an acclaimed journalist with his own longstanding battle with this often misunderstood affliction.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on his own experience with anxiety, Scott Stossel presents a moving and revelatory account of a condition that affects some 40 million Americans. Stossel offers an intimate and authoritative history. We discover the well-known who have struggled with the condition, as well as the afflicted generations of Stossel's own family. Revealing anxiety's myriad manifestations and the anguish it causes, he also surveys the countless psychotherapies, medications, and often outlandish treatments that have been developed to relieve it. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStossel vividly depicts anxiety’s human toll—its crippling impact, its devastating power to paralyze. He also explores how individual sufferers—including himself—have managed and controlled symptoms. By turns erudite and compassionate, amusing and inspirational, \u003ci\u003eMy Age of Anxiety\u003c\/i\u003e is the essential account of a pervasive affliction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401594904919,"sku":"9780307390608","price":15.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780307390608.jpg?v=1730477921","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/my-age-of-anxiety-9780307390608","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}