{"product_id":"stephen-grosz-the-examined-life-2013-hardback","title":"Stephen Grosz: The Examined Life [2013] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** As heard on Book of the Week, Radio 4 **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This book is about change.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe are all storytellers - we make stories to make sense of our lives. But it is not enough to tell tales. There must be someone to listen. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his work as a practising psychoanalyst, Stephen Grosz has spent the last twenty-five years uncovering the hidden feelings behind our most baffling behaviour. \u003ci\u003eThe Examined Life\u003c\/i\u003e distils over 50,000 hours of conversation into pure psychological insight, without the jargon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis extraordinary book is about one ordinary process: talking, listening and understanding. Its aphoristic and elegant stories teach us a new kind of attentiveness. They also unveil a delicate self-portrait of the analyst at work, and show how lessons learned in the consulting room can reveal as much to him as to the patient.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are stories about our everyday lives: they are about the people we love and the lies that we tell; the changes we bear, and the grief. Ultimately, they show us not only how we lose ourselves but how we might find ourselves too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Examined Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'...it will leave you wiser about humanity than you were when you picked it up.' - Andrew Solomon, author of \u003ci\u003eFar From the Tree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fascinating collection of quiet stories about very real human predicaments: the listening cure at its best.' - Patrick McGrath, author of \u003ci\u003eAsylum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I couldn't put this down - I read about other people, but learned about myself....No preaching, no cliches-just wisdom.' - Victoria Hislop, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Thread\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'There is a rare integrity in the writing: no showing off, just honest attention to each trusted relationship.' - Ruth Padel, author of \u003ci\u003e52 Ways of Looking at a Poem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This gripping book offers psychological solutions to some extremely complex human puzzles and is full of wisdom and insight.'- Sophie Hannah, author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Face \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grosz, Stephen","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":54441294496083,"sku":"9780701185350","price":19.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/grosz-stephen-stephen-grosz-the-examined-life-2013-hardback-9780701185350-1251612857.jpg?v=1785439990","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/stephen-grosz-the-examined-life-2013-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}