TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berthoud,Ella
AU  - Elderkin,Susan
TI  - The novel cure: from abandonment to zestlessness : 751 books to cure what ails you 
SN  - 0143125931
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York, New York
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Best books
KW  - Bibliotherapy
KW  - Fiction
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Theory, etc
KW  - Reading, Psychology of
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and reading ailments index, ten-best lists index, author index, and novel title index
N2  - We read novels for entertainment. But we also read to learn about life and about ourselves. Read at the right moment in your life, a powerful novel can, quite literally, change it. Here, at last, is a delightful, witty reference book that enables us to harness that power. To create it, the authors of The Novel Cure have trawled two thousand years of literature for novels that effectively promote happiness, health, and sanity. Arranged alphabetically, this apothecary of literary solutions makes it easy to look up your ailment, be it anxiety, a stubbed toe, or a midlife crisis, and find either a complete cure or a healing sense of solace
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