Addiction & Recovery

What is a drink map? It may sound like a pub guide, yet it actually refers to a type of late nineteenth-century British map designed specifically to shock and shame people into drinking less. Drink Maps in Victorian Britain explores how drink maps of particular cities were published in an attempt to fight increasingly rampant alcohol consumption, from Liverpool, Manchester...

Consuming Pleasures traces the international and Australian history of licit and illicit drug use. It examines why we consume and what we consume, as well as the way in which consumption is regulated in the era of global free trade. It also looks at drug use from an Australian perspective, going back to our own opium-growing industry and the racist...

For more than 30 years, archaeologists have recorded and studied the colonial past of Parramatta, the second-oldest European settlement in New South Wales. Archaeological investigations provide a wealth of information that contributes to the interpretation of the landscape, the history of the town's development, and our understanding of the people who lived there. Cleanliness is Next to Godliness uses archaeological...

Feral Jenny Offill, author of Weather Horny Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of Pizza Girl Hilarious Chelsea Bieker, author of Mad Woman The trip was supposed to be fun. When Kit's best friend gets dumped by his boyfriend, he begs her to ditch her family responsibilities for a quick, idyllic weekend away. They'll soak in hot springs, then drink too much,...

A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: BIOGRAPHY This Ragged Grace tells the story of Octavia's journey through recovery from alcohol addiction, and the parallel story of her father's descent into Alzheimer's. Over the course of seven years, life continues to unfold. Paths are abandoned, people fall ill, waters get choppy, and seemingly impossible things are navigated without the old fixes....

Rosemary Woodruff Leary has been known only as the wife of Timothy Leary, the Harvard professor-turned-psychedelic high priest, whose jailbreak captivated the counterculture and whose life on the run with Rosemary inflamed the U.S. government. But Rosemary was more than a mere accessory. She was a beatnik, a psychonaut, and a true believer who tested the limits of her mind...

An account of a special life fearlessly told, as well as a chronicle of an era. In the 1980s, HIV and AIDS meant one thing - death. In 1984, David Menadue was one of the first people to be diagnosed with HIV in Australia. He was just 30 years old and thought it unlikely he would make it to 40....

An experimental account of one woman's quest to shed addictive substances and behaviours from her life—which dares to ask if we're really better off without them. In January 2021, Freda Love Smith, acclaimed rock musician and author of Red Velvet Underground, watched as insurgents stormed the U.S. Capitol. It felt like the culmination of eight months of pandemic anxiety. She...

In 1993, aged twenty, Carmel Mc Mahon left Ireland for New York, carrying $500, two suitcases, and a ton of unseen baggage. It took years, and a bitter struggle with alcohol addiction, to unpick the intricate traumas of her past and present. Candid yet lyrical, In Ordinary Time mines the ways that trauma reverberates through time and through individual lives,...

DARK, HONEST, UPLIFTING. THIS IS A SOBRIETY MEMOIR LIKE NO OTHER. 'This is a book that tears down walls.' Marian Keyes 'Bryony Gordon is a terrific, compassionate writer whose razor-sharp honesty slices through every sentence of this compelling memoir.' Liz Day 'Poetic, raw and very important.' Fearne Cotton Bryony Gordon is a respected journalist, a number-one bestselling author and an...

The first authorised biography of eternal legend Elizabeth Taylor. Known for her glamorous beauty, soap-opera personal life, and magnetic screen presence, Elizabeth Taylor was the twentieth century’s most famous film star. Including unseen photographs and unread private reflections, this authorised biography is a fascinating and complete portrait worthy of the legend and her legacy. Elizabeth Taylor captures this intelligent, empathetic,...

Gucci Mane, one of hip-hop’s most iconic figures and a trailblazer in Atlanta’s rap culture, reveals his struggles with mental health and drug addiction that will provide fans and readers with insights into his career and life. As one of hip-hop’s legendary figures and an indispensable fixture in Atlanta’s vibrant rap culture, Gucci was on an upswing in his career...

It was not the Baby Boomers who ushered in the first era of widespread drug experimentation. It was their parents. The generation that survived the Second World War emerged with a profoundly ambitious sense of social experimentation. In the '40s and '50s, transformative drugs rapidly entered mainstream culture, where they were not only legal but openly celebrated. American physician John...

'I cannot recommend it highly enough.' - Caitlin Moran 'Brims with compassion and wit.' - Cathy Rentzenbrink 'Absolutely blew me away.' - Jo Brand 'Brilliant . . . I love it.' - Phillippa Perry 'I have never read a more powerful book about mental health.' - Joanna Cannon A journey into the heartland of psychiatry. This book debunks myths, challenges...

A suspenseful, authoritative account of how the battle against a mid-century polio epidemic sparked a revolution in medical care. Americans knew polio as the 'summer plague'. In countries further North, however, the virus arrived later in the year, slipping into the homes of healthy children as the summer waned and the equinox approached. It was described by one writer as...

After Life is a collective history of how Americans experienced, navigated, commemorated, and ignored mass death and loss during the global COVID-19 pandemic, mass uprisings for racial justice, and the near presidential coup in 2021 following the 2020 election. Inspired by the writers who documented American life during the Great Depression and World War II for the Works Progress Administration...

A guide to designing a personal programme to break your addictions safely, gently, and naturally. Addiction-Free Naturally shares herbs, supplements, natural remedies, and alternative practices that can help liberate you from habitual substance use, ease the withdrawal period, cleanse the body of toxins, and combat depression, anxiety, fatigue, and stress. The book offers specific advice and remedies for individual addictive...

An electrifying account of gambling addiction ... compelling - The Times Searingly honest ... should be in the hands of anyone who has eyed a bet - Daily Mail A remarkable piece of work - The Cricketer With a foreword by Marcus Trescothick. For more than 12 years, Patrick Foster lived a double life. Turning 31, a popular and sociable...

The inside story of the race to develop Ozempic – the world’s first truly effective and safe obesity drug – and its potentially revolutionary effects on public health, and our deeper culture and values. A ‘cure’ for obesity has long been the holy grail for the pharmaceutical industry, one that seemed unattainable until recent breakthroughs in type 2 diabetes research...

This is the story of how and why a talented writer came to take his own life. When Diana Athill met the man she calls Didi, an Egyptian in exile, she fell in love instantly and out of love just as fast. Didi moved into her flat, they shared housework and holidays, and a life of easy intimacy seemed to...

A leading neuroscientist and pioneer in the study of mindfulness explains why addictions are so tenacious and how we can learn to conquer them. “I found The Craving Mind to be one of the best things I’ve read... on addiction.”—Ezra Klein, New York Times. “Accessible and enjoyable. The Craving Mind brilliantly combines the latest science with universal real-life experiences—from falling...

“Fascinating.”—Thomas W. Hodgkinson, The Guardian “Richly detailed and frequently illuminating.”—Rhys Blakely, Times (UK) “Excellent.”—Clare Bucknell, New Yorker A New Yorker Best of the Week Pick A provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who took drugs to explore the hidden regions of the mind Until the twentieth century, scientists investigating the effects of drugs on...

A definitive history of mescaline that explores its mind-altering effects across cultures, from ancient America to Western modernity. Mescaline became a popular sensation in the mid-twentieth century through Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception, after which the word “psychedelic” was coined to describe it. Its story, however, extends deep into prehistory: the earliest Andean cultures depicted mescaline-containing cacti in their...

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Health inequality has reached a crisis point. Your income or hometown can have a devastating impact on how well and how long you live. This injustice, exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic, continues as the cost of living rises and other sources of inequity grow. What can be done to make things better? Getting...

Today, the opioid crisis often feels intractable. A Perspective on Opioid Addiction offers a wider perspective on its underlying causes, examining the biological, psychological, and social aspects of addiction and the interactions among them. Jay Schulkin, a behavioural neuroscientist, and Bryce Huebner, a philosopher, explore the complexities of opioid addiction through a distinctive combination of neuroscientific knowledge and pragmatist thought....

From Morris Award finalist Sonia Patel comes a sharply written YA about a girl grappling with a dark, painful secret from her past, perfect for fans of All My Rage and The Way I Used to Be. It's eighteen-year-old Gita Desai's first year at Stanford, and the fact that she's here and not already married off by her traditional Gujarati...

Hannah MacLaren has grown up between two worlds: scraping by happily with her single, working mum and avoiding the Maryland upper crust in the next town over, where her wealthy cousin and best friend Sophie lives. The plan is to get out: Hannah from paycheck-to-paycheck life, and Sophie from the cosseted world she doesn't fit into. But just before junior...

From the acclaimed author of Washing the Dead and Bertrand Court comes a satirical and chilling, yet deeply sensitive, tale that captures the ethos and ruin of children's competitive swimming, where parents must face the haunting spirits of their own tumultuous upbringings or risk losing their way and, in turn, themselves. It's June 2012. The magical and slightly cultish River...

'Raw, provocative, chaotic, and – dare I say – slutty' COLLEEN HOOVER A thrilling memoir by The White Lotus and Euphoria actor, Lukas Gage, which chronicles his upbringing in a broken family, struggles with addiction, sex and borderline personality disorder, and his commitment to always being the centre of attention. Lukas Gage was having one of the shittiest weeks of...

From the acclaimed author of Roll with It comes a relatable and “heart-wrenching” (Kirkus Reviews) middle-grade novel about a girl who, in a desperate bid to keep her family afloat, takes over her mum’s cleaning jobs after an injury prevents her from working. Now that Franny and her newly sober mum have moved to a cosy apartment above a laundromat,...

Back in the Day is a taut, lyrical, and utterly gripping debut novel about four boys coming of age on the deprived outskirts of Oslo. Last night, I got woke up by Marco ringing, and he was crying. He said, "He died, Ivor, he died," and I didn't need to hear who to know. I just hung up. Ivor and...

NOW A NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY From Jeff Benedict, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Tiger Woods and The Dynasty, Poisoned chronicles the events surrounding the worst food-poisoning epidemic in US history: the deadly Jack in the Box E. coli infections in 1993. On December 24, 1992, six-year-old Lauren Rudolph was hospitalised with excruciating stomach pain. Less than a week...

Quit Vaping is the first-ever book dedicated to helping you stop vaping for good. Vaping has emerged as an urgent public health crisis. Nearly 15 million Americans are consuming concentrated nicotine that is more potent and addictive than traditional cigarettes. Moreover, they are inhaling deadly carcinogens such as formaldehyde, benzene, and propylene glycol, an ingredient commonly found in anti-freeze. As...

Concise advice on hunting down the personal culprits that sabotage sobriety and personal happiness. In simple, down-to-earth language, Dr. Allen Berger introduces us to twelve of the most common assumptions and attitudes that can sabotage recovery—and gives us the tools to overcome these challenges. This useful guide helps us keep our recovery going strong with fresh perspectives on how the...

A brutally honest and moving memoir of lust, abuse, addiction, stardom, and redemption from Arrow and Teen Wolf actor Colton Haynes. Four years ago, Colton Haynes woke up in a hospital. He’d had two seizures, lost the sight in one eye, almost ruptured a kidney, and been put on an involuntary psychiatry hold. Not yet thirty, he knew he had...

‘I’ve never read a book like it. It’s as if they tore their own hearts out and asked the other to hold it for them while they wrote.’ Phoebe Waller-Bridge ‘A terrific read’ Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun ‘Remarkable…As a stark insight into the disease, In the Blood makes a mark…’ The Sunday Times Culture ‘Alcohol flows across families...

I kept putting myself in danger, and I couldn't make it stop. It rarely felt like a choice, though, of course, in some ways it was. It's only the death drive, my dear, Freud would likely tell me, if I lay my body down on his carpet-covered couch. Everybody needs a little oblivion. Besides, what is the fantasy of the...

Winner of the 2019 Penguin Literary Prize In 1982, a car overturns on a remote West Australian road. Nobody is hurt, but the impact is felt for decades. Nicole and Samantha Cooper both remember the summer day when their mother, Tina, lost control of their car - but not in quite the same way. It is only after Tina's death,...

The Sister Pact by Stacie Ramey is a gripping story about Allie and her sister, Leah, who were inseparable. However, when Leah breaks their suicide pact and ends her life, Allie is left questioning everything she thought she knew about her sister and herself. This book is perfect for fans of Kathleen Glasgow and Amber Smith. The suicide pact was...

As heard on BBC Radio 4 Likeable and highly readable ... comic and insightful Observer An easy read mixture of wit and wisdom ... should be read by all who drink more than the limit Prof David Nutt, author of Drink? The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health The popular broadcaster and columnist sets out to discover the unsung...

The Addiction Inoculation is a vital look into best practices parenting. Writing as a teacher, a mother, and, as it happens, a recovering alcoholic, Lahey's stance is so compassionate and her advice so smart, any and all parents will benefit from her hard-won wisdom. —Peggy Orenstein, author of Girls & Sex and Boys & Sex In this supportive, life-saving resource,...

A 5-year-old boy, Ethan, is brought to Casey in the middle of the night after the sudden death of his young mother following a drug overdose. Estranged from her parents, Ethan’s mum had been abused by her ex-partner and began taking drugs to cope. Ethan is obviously lost and bewildered, and regularly wakes up screaming for his mum in the...

From award-winning author Benjamin Dean comes a deliciously dark and addictive YA thriller following the lives of Gen Z’s rich and famous through the lens of an undercover teen journalist. Perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and One of Us is Lying. 'A tense, page-turning YA showbiz thriller' The Guardian 'This book has "Netflix adaptation" written...

Do you feel safe? A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. For fans of Punching the Air and Splinters of Sunshine. Erik's mum is juggling the challenge of two small babies, plus the recent death of her husband due to COVID-19. Both these factors affect teenage Erik too, as he struggles with homework amidst...

Your health isn't just your problem, it's everyone's. Have you ever questioned why, despite the avalanche of self-help books and optimisation hacks, we remain embroiled in multiple global health crises? Populations worldwide are gaining life-shortening excess weight (even in poorer countries), and water contamination is rampant (even in richer countries). In such dire circumstances, a gratitude journal won't help. The...

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Can the political be way too personal? What if the most radical activists are trying to change their lives by changing the whole country? When Jesse Watters set out to interview a few dozen radical activists to find out where their wild ideas came from, he discovered two things that shocked him: First,...

Text has unearthed four previously out-of-print novels to celebrate one of Australian YA's most revered authors, Robin Klein. That these iconic novels were ever out-of-print is an injustice - they are poignant, funny, and every bit as fresh as when they were first published. Came Back to Show You I Could Fly, adapted to film in 1993 as Say a...

At 15, Anna Wood went to a party and took an ecstasy tablet. Three days later, she was dead. A life destroyed. A family devastated. She was just fifteen. She was leaving school to start the job of her dreams. She was beautiful, she had a loving family and countless friends. Yet on 21 October 1995, Anna Wood took an...

NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING SAOIRSE RONAN WITH A NEW AFTERWORD FROM THE AUTHOR THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE AND THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE After spending her twenties in London, Amy Liptrot returns to her home in Orkney where she comes to terms with the addiction that has consumed the past decade of her...

THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Bravely revealing’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO ‘Funny, moving, helpful and true, Friendaholic deserves a massive audience’ SATHNAM SANGHERA ‘This book is brilliant’ JO ELVIN ‘Essential reading… admirably candid and well-crafted’ GUARDIAN As a society, there is a tendency to elevate romantic love. But what about friendships? Aren't they just as – if not more – important? So...

"A truly important book. Radically open-hearted and vitally open-minded. I would implore you to read it, and share it, and talk about it." - Max Porter, author Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny Schizophrenia: whether it's the associations it conjures or the people it brings to mind, it is a word we all have a view on. How...

Becoming a Matriarch by Helen Knott is a multiweek No. 1 bestseller in the author's native Canada. Intimate and lyrical, this book offers real-life experiences for readers who love stories that inspire and heal. If you enjoy works by authors such as Gabor Maté, Michelle Obama, Glennon Doyle, or Robin Wall Kimmerer, you will find much to admire in Knott's...

A heroic work of journalism on what must rank as one of the foremost catastrophes of modern history. - The New York Times Stunning ... An impressively researched and richly detailed narrative. - TIME Randy Shilts was the first openly gay journalist dealing with gay issues for the San Francisco Chronicle. In 1981, the year when AIDS came to international...

This large-print edition of the best-selling meditation book for those in recovery offers daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for living a clean and sober life. Since 1954, Twenty-Four Hours a Day has become a stable force in the recovery of many alcoholics throughout the world. With over nine million copies in print, this "little black book" offers daily thoughts, meditations,...

The bestselling and ABIA Award shortlisted memoir from Osher Günsberg, one of Australia’s most loved celebrities, about life, love, and living with mental illness—powerful, dark, funny, and heart-wrenching. It's hard to remember a time when Osher Günsberg (or Andrew G as he was then) wasn't on TV—he's just always been there, looking at ease in the spotlight, beaming a big...

The extraordinary, Kirkus Prize-winning memoir about Blackness, masculinity, and addiction. Punch Me Up to the Gods introduces a powerful new talent in Brian Broome, whose early years growing up in Ohio as a dark-skinned Black boy harbouring crushes on other boys propel forward this gorgeous, aching, and unforgettable debut. Brian's recounting of his experiences—in all their cringe-worthy, hilarious, and heartbreaking...

Violence, treachery, and cruelty run through the generational veins of Rick Morton's family. A horrific accident thrusts his mother and siblings into a world impossible for them to navigate, a life of poverty and drug addiction. One Hundred Years of Dirt is an unflinching memoir in which the mother is a hero who is never rewarded. It is a meditation...

From a renowned behavioural neuroscientist and recovering addict, a rare, page-turning work of science that draws on personal insights to reveal how drugs work, the dangerous hold they can take on the brain, and the surprising way to combat today's epidemic of addiction. Judith Grisel was a daily drug user and college dropout when she began to consider that her...

This “perfect balance of bold honesty and riotous wit” (Shelf Awareness) from the author of Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay explores Stefanie Wilder-Taylor’s journey to breaking up with alcohol for good. For Stefanie Wilder-Taylor, alcohol was the seasoning that could give almost any activity more flavour—from liquor cabinet concoctions in high school to tequila shots in her early stand-up...

Radically honest and fiercely intelligent, the word-of-mouth #1 bestseller on modern womanhood and coming-of-age. 'I am afraid of being the disruptive woman. And of not being disruptive enough. I am afraid. But I am doing it anyway.' In this dazzling debut, Emilie Pine speaks powerfully from her painful personal experience—on the emotional labour of caring for her alcoholic father, on...

The cult classic on psychedelics and human consciousness by the world-famous ethnobotanist Terence McKenna. ‘The single most influential spokesperson for organic psychedelics’ – The Independent What can altered states of consciousness reveal about our origins and our place in nature? In this landmark piece of psychedelic literature, renowned ethnobotanist and psychonaut Terence McKenna explores our ancient relationship with organic psychedelics...

In 2009, Elspeth Muir's youngest brother finished his last university exam and went out with some mates to get drunk. Later that night, he wandered to the Story Bridge. He put his phone, wallet, T-shirt, and thongs on the walkway, climbed over the railing, and jumped thirty metres into the Brisbane River below. Three days passed before police divers pulled...

Blending memoir with critique, the Pulitzer Prize-winning exploration of sickness and health, cancer and the cancer industry, in the modern world. When Anne Boyer was diagnosed with a highly aggressive form of cancer as a single mother at the age of 41, she found herself plunged into a world in which real bodies are transformed into data points on screens,...

On the surface he was Tom Carroll, dreamer, cheeky grommet, brilliant surfer, Australian sporting hero, fitness fanatic, businessman, family man, big wave charger. Inside turned the terrible wheel of drug addiction, part family curse, part legacy of the footloose surf culture he'd done so much to legitimise. Tom's family and friends struggled with him, kept his secrets, and looked on...

Child star at sixteen, ranked third in the world at seventeen, winner of the Pipeline Masters at nineteen - Mark Occhilupo looked set to sweep all before him with a radical, spontaneous, irresistible brand of surfing. Yet a spiralling descent into drug abuse and depression snuffed his flame out prematurely when he quit the pro tour at just twenty-two. Faltered...

Shortlisted for the Dobbie Literary Award for a first published book and Australian Newcomer of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards, In My Skin describes an extraordinary journey through an often hidden world of heroin and prostitution. Kate's story is one of survival and resourcefulness, providing an unflinching look at the consequences of addiction.

A controversial, brave and revealing insight into the realities of drug addiction, from one of New York's most remarkable young writers. I was twenty-six years old and an associate beauty editor at Lucky, one of the top fashion magazines in America. That's all that most people knew about me. But beneath the surface, I was full of secrets— I was...

In the end, love is more important than everything and it will conquer and overcome anything. Or that's how Damon saw it, anyway. Damon wanted a book that talked a lot about love. Damon Courtenay died on the morning of April Fool's Day. In this tribute to his son, Bryce Courtenay lays bare the suffering behind this young man's life....

Of all the creative industries, the most distinct link between drug use and creativity lies within music. The two elements seem to be intertwined, inseparable; that mythical phrase 'sex, drugs and rock and roll' has been bandied about with a wink and a grin for decades. But is it all smoke and mirrors, or does that cliché ring true for...

Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist explains why the 'disease model' of addiction is wrong, and illuminates the path to recovery. The psychiatric establishment and rehab industry in the Western world have branded addiction a brain disease, based on evidence that brains change with drug use. But in...

A neuropsychologist takes ten different drugs in this superbly entertaining yet profound investigation. Psychedelics have made a comeback, but the truth is they remain a mystery. In this daring, profound, and wildly entertaining investigation, clinical neuropsychologist Andy Mitchell tests the claims being made for these substances by taking ten different psychedelics in ten different settings. Journeying from a neuroimaging lab...

A vital and concise data-driven analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world. How many people have died because of COVID-19? Which countries have been hit hardest by the virus? What are the benefits and harms of different vaccines? How does COVID-19 compare to the Spanish flu? How have the lockdown measures affected the economy, mental health, and crime? This...

A witty scientific investigation that reveals how excessive soap and washing harm our health, now with a new afterword. SOAP SAVES LIVES. But did you know that excessive use of soap and skin-care products is harming our health and the environment? Apart from in hand-washing, there is no need to use soap on our bodies at all. Doctor and preventative...

From acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips, this is a meditation on what we must give up to feel more alive. To give up or not to give up? The question can feel inescapable, but the answer is never simple. Giving up our supposed vices is one thing; giving up on life itself is quite another. One form of self-sacrifice feels positive,...

Smartphones, social media, and AI are here to stay. Leading expert Professor Kaitlyn Regehr, The Digital Nutritionist, gives us the tools to consume them safely, keeping the advantages and joy of the digital world, but teaching us how to spot risks and dangers and step away when we're over-reliant. She believes that our constant, unconscious scrolling is as dangerous as...

The Outrun by Amy Liptrot is a deeply moving memoir that beautifully narrates the journey of a woman seeking redemption and recovery amidst the rugged, untamed landscapes of the Orkney Islands. After a harrowing decade-long struggle with alcohol addiction, thirty-year-old Amy returns to her childhood home in Orkney, seeking solace and healing. In this hauntingly honest account, she immerses herself...

Dreamland by Sam Quinones is an eye-opening narrative that delves deep into the roots and ramifications of America's opioid crisis, exploring how a potent combination of capitalistic ventures led to widespread addiction and devastation across the nation. Starting from a small town in Mexico, the story weaves through the boardrooms of Big Pharma and reaches the heartland of America, revealing...

An uplifting guide to unlearning negative ADHD self-beliefs from bestselling viral duo @ADHD_Love. Are you your biggest fear-leader, constantly lamenting your wasted potential? You're not alone. Join the Sunday Times bestselling authors of Dirty Laundry to break free from negative self-talk, overcome self-hatred, and live your most authentic and happy life. The biggest struggle for those with ADHD is the...

The highly anticipated debut from the award-winning New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv asks how the stories we tell about mental illness shape our deepest sense of who we are. There are stories that save us, and stories that trap us, and in the midst of an illness it can be very hard to know which is which... Strangers to Ourselves...

"A work of exhilarating scope and relevance ... a rare and powerful experience" - Naomi Klein, author of On Fire "Health is not something we can attain as individuals, for ourselves, hermetically sealed off from the world around us. An injury to one is an injury to all." Inflamed journeys across the human body - through our digestive, endocrine, circulatory,...