The Novel Cure - An A to Z of Literary Remedies

Organized by ailment, this guide to the transformative and healing power of a good read includes curative book recommendations for those suffering from a range of ills including agoraphobia, boredom, cowardice, or just being nervous about planning a dinner party.

About the author

Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin met as English Literature students at Cambridge University, where they began giving novels to each other whenever one of them seemed in need of a boost. Ella went on to study fine art and become a painter and art teacher. Susan became a novelist and journalist. In 2008 they set up a bibliotherapy service through The School of Life in London, and since then have been prescribing books either virtually or in person to clients all over the world. With four children, two husbands, various cats, dogs, mice and tortoises (some of them imaginary) between them, they created their first book, The Novel Cure, together in 2013.Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin met as English Literature students at Cambridge University, where they began giving novels to each other whenever one of them seemed in need of a boost. Ella went on to study fine art and become a painter and art teacher. Susan became a novelist and journalist. In 2008 they set up a bibliotherapy service through The School of Life in London, and since then have been prescribing books either virtually or in person to clients all over the world. With four children, two husbands, various cats, dogs, mice and tortoises (some of them imaginary) between them, they created their first book, The Novel Cure, together in 2013.

Product details

• Authors: Ella Berthoud, Berthoud Ella, Susa Elderkin, Susan Elderkin, Elderkin Susan
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9780857864215
• ISBN: 978-0-85786-421-5
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Fiction > Poetry, drama; Guides > Law, job, finance > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Prose: non-fiction, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Biography and non-fiction prose, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary companions, book reviews & guides, Literary companions, book reviews and guides, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form