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List of contents
Love.
Loss.
Lightness.
Pleasure.
Work.
Nature.
Change.
Chaos.
Wonder.
Coda: Delicacies for Discussion.
About the author
Francesco Dimitri is an Italian author living in London. He has written fiction and non-fiction and worked for top business clients. Francesco is on the faculty of the School of Life.
Summary
Reading a story to another person creates a bond between two people. It is often assumed that reading aloud is only for children, but the practice was once a common pleasure for adults too. The time has come to rediscover it. This simple yet powerful action connects us with our friends, helps us centre ourselves in the present and lets us focus gently on what matters.
To Read Aloud consists of 75 extracts of an average 1000 words each, from writers ranging from Cicero to Lewis Carroll to Robert Macfarlane (alongside less familiar names). It is arranged under ten thematic chapters: Love, Loss, Lightness, Pleasure, Work, Nature, Change, Chaos, Wonder, and Coda: Delicacies for Discussion. A literary toolbox for well-being, To Read Aloud invites you to to take just ten minutes off, sit down with somebody you care about and share a passage of writing.
Foreword
A literary toolbox for well-being, this selection of prose by different authors has the power to promote reflection and mindfulness when read aloud.
Additional text
Francesco makes a gentle plea for a return to the ancient art of storytelling as a toolkit for modern-day wellbeing. Packed with stirring passages of prose and poetry [...] Francesco's reading aloud 'prescriptions' cover loss, love, nature and much in between
