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Matt Haig's accessible and life-affirming memoir of his struggle with depression, and how his triumph over the illness taught him to live. From the author of How To Stop Time , coming February 2018 from Viking. "Destined to become a modern classic." -- Entertainment Weekly Like nearly one in five people, Matt Haig suffers from depression. Reasons to Stay Alive is Matt's inspiring account of how, minute by minute and day by day, he overcame the disease with the help of reading, writing, and the love of his parents and his girlfriend (and now-wife), Andrea. And eventually, he learned to appreciate life all the more for it. Everyone's lives are touched by mental illness: if we do not suffer from it ourselves, then we have a friend or loved one who does. Matt's frankness about his experiences is both inspiring to those who feel daunted by depression and illuminating to those who are mystified by it. Above all, his humor and encouragement never let us lose sight of hope. Speaking as his present self to his former self in the depths of depression, Matt is adamant that the oldest clich is the truest--there is light at the end of the tunnel. He teaches us to celebrate the small joys and moments of peace that life brings, and reminds us that there are always reasons to stay alive.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books, The Limited
ISBN-100143128728
ISBN-139780143128724
eBay Product ID (ePID)211990343
Product Key Features
Number of Pages272 Pages
Publication NameReasons to Stay Alive
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPersonal & Practical Guides, Mood Disorders / Depression, Personal Memoirs, Literary
Publication Year2016
TypeNot Available
AuthorMatt Haig
Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, Self-Help, Référence
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight7.2 Oz
Item Length7 in
Item Width5 in
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LCCN2015-022609
ReviewsNamed one of E ntertainment Weekly's Must-Read Books of 2016 Finalist for the Waterstone's Book of the Year "Destined to become a modern classic." -- Entertainment Weekly "An in-depth exploration of Haig's battle with depression, if you need a pick-me-up on a very fundamental level, you could do a lot worse than this book." - PEOPLE "I dog-eared 45 pages in Haig's compact book where he wrote profound or poignant things. I could have easily marked more of them." - Jim Higgings, THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL "Wonderful and essential" - Christopher Weir, THE HUFFINGTON POST "a quick, witty and at times profound take on an illness many people suffer from, but sometimes can't bring themselves to talk about." - THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE "Things just got real. His honest -- and surprisingly funny -- first person account is a reminder that no matter how hopeless life may seem, it really never is." - NY METRO "A scintillating read." - THE DAILY MAIL "REASONS TO STAY ALIVE is essential reading for anyone who has dealt with depression and for anyone who loves someone with the disease." - BOOK REPORTER "Fascinating and beautifully written." - IAN RANKIN "Brings a difficult and sensitive subject out of the darkness and into the light." - MICHAEL PALIN "Matt Haig is astounding." - STEPHEN FRY "Maybe the most important book I've read this year" - SIMON MAYO "A life-saving book" - AMANDA CRAIG "Matt Haig uses words like a tin-opener. We are the tin" - JEANETTE WINTERSON "Brings a difficult and sensitive subject out of the darkness and into the light" - MICHAEL PALIN "Thoughtful, honest and incredibly insightful" - JENNY COLGAN "Brilliant and salutary . . . should be on prescription" - REV. RICHARD COLES "A vibrant, encouraging depiction of a sinister disorder." KIRKUS REVIEW "Warm and engaging, and shot through with humour...a valuable contribution to the conversation." - THE SUNDAY TIMES Praise for How To Stop Time "Matt Haig's latest book, How To Stop Time , is marvelous in every sense of the word. Clever, funny, poignant, and written with Haig's trademark blend of crystalline prose and deft storytelling, this is a book that stirs the heart and mind in equal measure. A hugely enjoyable read." - Deborah Harkness author of The All Souls Trilogy "Compelling and full of life's big questions, How To Stop Time is a book you will not be able to put down." --Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project "The narrator is 400 years old, but the sardonic asides give this pacy novel a modern twist. Matt Haig has designs on our heartstrings . . . The energy and zip of this book are hard to resist." -- The Guardian "Matt Haig is astounding." --Stephen Fry, Named one of E ntertainment Weekly's Must-Read Books of 2016 Finalist for the Waterstone's Book of the Year "Destined to become a modern classic." - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "[Matt Haig's] memoir makes the pain--and his recovery--eloquently real." - PEOPLE "Things just got real. His honest -- and surprisingly funny -- first person account is a reminder that no matter how hopeless life may seem, it really never is." - NY METRO "A scintillating read." - THE DAILY MAIL "REASONS TO STAY ALIVE is essential reading for anyone who has dealt with depression and for anyone who loves someone with the disease." - BOOK REPORTER "Fascinating and beautifully written." - IAN RANKIN "Brings a difficult and sensitive subject out of the darkness and into the light." - MICHAEL PALIN "Matt Haig is astounding." - STEPHEN FRY "A vibrant, encouraging depiction of a sinister disorder." KIRKUS REVIEW "Warm and engaging, and shot through with humour...a valuable contribution to the conversation." - THE SUNDAY TIMES, Named one of E ntertainment Weekly's Must-Read Books of 2016 Finalist for the Waterstone's Book of the Year "Destined to become a modern classic" - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "[Matt Haig's] memoir makes the pain--and his recovery--eloquently real" - PEOPLE "Things just got real. His honest -- and surprisingly funny -- first person account is a reminder that no matter how hopeless life may seem, it really never is." - NY METRO "A scintillating read" - THE DAILY MAIL "Fascinating and beautifully written" - IAN RANKIN "Brings a difficult and sensitive subject out of the darkness and into the light" - MICHAEL PALIN "Matt Haig is astounding" - STEPHEN FRY "A vibrant, encouraging depiction of a sinister disorder." KIRKUS REVIEW "Warm and engaging, and shot through with humour...a valuable contribution to the conversation." - THE SUNDAY TIMES, "Destined to become a modern classic" - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "Fascinating and beautifully written" - IAN RANKIN "Brings a difficult and sensitive subject out of the darkness and into the light" - MICHAEL PALIN "Matt Haig is astounding" - STEPHEN FRY "A vibrant, encouraging depiction of a sinister disorder." KIRKUS REVIEW Finalist for the Waterstone's Book of the Year, 2015 "Warm and engaging, and shot through with humour...a valuable contribution to the conversation." - THE SUNDAY TIMES (London), Named one of E ntertainment Weekly's Must-Read Books of 2016 Finalist for the Waterstone's Book of the Year "Destined to become a modern classic." - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "[Matt Haig's] memoir makes the pain--and his recovery--eloquently real." - PEOPLE "I dog-eared 45 pages in Haig's compact book where he wrote profound or poignant things. I could have easily marked more of them." - Jim Higgings, THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL "Wonderful and essential" - Christopher Weir, THE HUFFINGTON POST "a quick, witty and at times profound take on an illness many people suffer from, but sometimes can't bring themselves to talk about." - THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE "Things just got real. His honest -- and surprisingly funny -- first person account is a reminder that no matter how hopeless life may seem, it really never is." - NY METRO "A scintillating read." - THE DAILY MAIL "REASONS TO STAY ALIVE is essential reading for anyone who has dealt with depression and for anyone who loves someone with the disease." - BOOK REPORTER "Fascinating and beautifully written." - IAN RANKIN "Brings a difficult and sensitive subject out of the darkness and into the light." - MICHAEL PALIN "Matt Haig is astounding." - STEPHEN FRY "A vibrant, encouraging depiction of a sinister disorder." KIRKUS REVIEW "Warm and engaging, and shot through with humour...a valuable contribution to the conversation." - THE SUNDAY TIMES, Finalist for the Waterstone's Book of the Year, 2015 "Warm and engaging, and shot through with humour...a valuable contribution to the conversation." - THE SUNDAY TIMES (London) "Fascinating and beautifully written" - IAN RANKIN "Brings a difficult and sensitive subject out of the darkness and into the light" - MICHAEL PALIN "Matt Haig is astounding" - STEPHEN FRY "A vibrant, encouraging depiction of a sinister disorder." KIRKUS REVIEW, Named one of E ntertainment Weekly's Must-Read Books of 2016 Finalist for the Waterstone's Book of the Year "Destined to become a modern classic." - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "[Matt Haig's] memoir makes the pain--and his recovery--eloquently real." - PEOPLE "I dog-eared 45 pages in Haig's compact book where he wrote profound or poignant things. I could have easily marked more of them." - Jim Higgings, THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL "Wonderful and essential" - Christopher Weir, THE HUFFINGTON POST "a quick, witty and at times profound take on an illness many people suffer from, but sometimes can't bring themselves to talk about." - THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE "Things just got real. His honest -- and surprisingly funny -- first person account is a reminder that no matter how hopeless life may seem, it really never is." - NY METRO "A scintillating read." - THE DAILY MAIL "REASONS TO STAY ALIVE is essential reading for anyone who has dealt with depression and for anyone who loves someone with the disease." - BOOK REPORTER "Fascinating and beautifully written." - IAN RANKIN "Brings a difficult and sensitive subject out of the darkness and into the light." - MICHAEL PALIN "Matt Haig is astounding." - STEPHEN FRY "Maybe the most important book I've read this year" - SIMON MAYO "A life-saving book" - AMANDA CRAIG "Matt Haig uses words like a tin-opener. We are the tin" - JEANETTE WINTERSON "Brings a difficult and sensitive subject out of the darkness and into the light" - MICHAEL PALIN "Thoughtful, honest and incredibly insightful" - JENNY COLGAN "Brilliant and salutary . . . should be on prescription" - REV. RICHARD COLES "A vibrant, encouraging depiction of a sinister disorder." KIRKUS REVIEW "Warm and engaging, and shot through with humour...a valuable contribution to the conversation." - THE SUNDAY TIMES, Named one of E ntertainment Weekly's Must-Read Books of 2016 Finalist for the Waterstone's Book of the Year "Destined to become a modern classic." - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "[Matt Haig's] memoir makes the pain--and his recovery--eloquently real." - PEOPLE "Wonderful and essential" - Christopher Weir, THE HUFFINGTON POST "a quick, witty and at times profound take on an illness many people suffer from, but sometimes can't bring themselves to talk about." - THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE "Things just got real. His honest -- and surprisingly funny -- first person account is a reminder that no matter how hopeless life may seem, it really never is." - NY METRO "A scintillating read." - THE DAILY MAIL "REASONS TO STAY ALIVE is essential reading for anyone who has dealt with depression and for anyone who loves someone with the disease." - BOOK REPORTER "Fascinating and beautifully written." - IAN RANKIN "Brings a difficult and sensitive subject out of the darkness and into the light." - MICHAEL PALIN "Matt Haig is astounding." - STEPHEN FRY "A vibrant, encouraging depiction of a sinister disorder." KIRKUS REVIEW "Warm and engaging, and shot through with humour...a valuable contribution to the conversation." - THE SUNDAY TIMES, Named one of E ntertainment Weekly's Must-Read Books of 2016 Finalist for the Waterstone's Book of the Year "Destined to become a modern classic." - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "An in-depth exploration of Haig's battle with depression, if you need a pick-me-up on a very fundamental level, you could do a lot worse than this book." - PEOPLE "I dog-eared 45 pages in Haig's compact book where he wrote profound or poignant things. I could have easily marked more of them." - Jim Higgings, THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL "Wonderful and essential" - Christopher Weir, THE HUFFINGTON POST "a quick, witty and at times profound take on an illness many people suffer from, but sometimes can't bring themselves to talk about." - THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE "Things just got real. His honest -- and surprisingly funny -- first person account is a reminder that no matter how hopeless life may seem, it really never is." - NY METRO "A scintillating read." - THE DAILY MAIL "REASONS TO STAY ALIVE is essential reading for anyone who has dealt with depression and for anyone who loves someone with the disease." - BOOK REPORTER "Fascinating and beautifully written." - IAN RANKIN "Brings a difficult and sensitive subject out of the darkness and into the light." - MICHAEL PALIN "Matt Haig is astounding." - STEPHEN FRY "Maybe the most important book I've read this year" - SIMON MAYO "A life-saving book" - AMANDA CRAIG "Matt Haig uses words like a tin-opener. We are the tin" - JEANETTE WINTERSON "Brings a difficult and sensitive subject out of the darkness and into the light" - MICHAEL PALIN "Thoughtful, honest and incredibly insightful" - JENNY COLGAN "Brilliant and salutary . . . should be on prescription" - REV. RICHARD COLES "A vibrant, encouraging depiction of a sinister disorder." KIRKUS REVIEW "Warm and engaging, and shot through with humour...a valuable contribution to the conversation." - THE SUNDAY TIMES Praise for How To Stop Time "Matt Haig's latest book, How To Stop Time , is marvelous in every sense of the word. Clever, funny, poignant, and written with Haig's trademark blend of crystalline prose and deft storytelling, this is a book that stirs the heart and mind in equal measure. A hugely enjoyable read." - Deborah Harkness author of The All Souls Trilogy "Compelling and full of life's big questions, How To Stop Time is a book you will not be able to put down." --Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project "The narrator is 400 years old, but the sardonic asides give this pacy novel a modern twist. Matt Haig has designs on our heartstrings . . . The energy and zip of this book are hard to resist." -- The Guardian "Matt Haig is astounding." --Stephen Fry, "Destined to become a modern classic" - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "[Matt Haig's] memoir makes the pain--and his recovery--eloquently real" - PEOPLE "Fascinating and beautifully written" - IAN RANKIN "Brings a difficult and sensitive subject out of the darkness and into the light" - MICHAEL PALIN "Matt Haig is astounding" - STEPHEN FRY "A vibrant, encouraging depiction of a sinister disorder." KIRKUS REVIEW Finalist for the Waterstone's Book of the Year, 2015 "Warm and engaging, and shot through with humour...a valuable contribution to the conversation." - THE SUNDAY TIMES (London), Named one of E ntertainment Weekly's Must-Read Books of 2016 Finalist for the Waterstone's Book of the Year "Destined to become a modern classic." - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "An in-depth exploration of Haig's battle with depression, if you need a pick-me-up on a very fundamental level, you could do a lot worse than this book." - PEOPLE "I dog-eared 45 pages in Haig's compact book where he wrote profound or poignant things. I could have easily marked more of them." - Jim Higgings, THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL "Wonderful and essential" - Christopher Weir, THE HUFFINGTON POST "a quick, witty and at times profound take on an illness many people suffer from, but sometimes can't bring themselves to talk about." - THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE "Things just got real. His honest -- and surprisingly funny -- first person account is a reminder that no matter how hopeless life may seem, it really never is." - NY METRO "A scintillating read." - THE DAILY MAIL "REASONS TO STAY ALIVE is essential reading for anyone who has dealt with depression and for anyone who loves someone with the disease." - BOOK REPORTER "Fascinating and beautifully written." - IAN RANKIN "Brings a difficult and sensitive subject out of the darkness and into the light." - MICHAEL PALIN "Matt Haig is astounding." - STEPHEN FRY "Maybe the most important book I've read this year" - SIMON MAYO "A life-saving book" - AMANDA CRAIG "Matt Haig uses words like a tin-opener. We are the tin" - JEANETTE WINTERSON "Brings a difficult and sensitive subject out of the darkness and into the light" - MICHAEL PALIN "Thoughtful, honest and incredibly insightful" - JENNY COLGAN "Brilliant and salutary . . . should be on prescription" - REV. RICHARD COLES "A vibrant, encouraging depiction of a sinister disorder." KIRKUS REVIEW "Warm and engaging, and shot through with humour...a valuable contribution to the conversation." - THE SUNDAY TIMES, Named one of E ntertainment Weekly's Must-Read Books of 2016 Finalist for the Waterstone's Book of the Year "Destined to become a modern classic." - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "[Matt Haig's] memoir makes the pain--and his recovery--eloquently real." - PEOPLE "Wonderful and essential" - Christopher Weir, THE HUFFINGTON POST "Things just got real. His honest -- and surprisingly funny -- first person account is a reminder that no matter how hopeless life may seem, it really never is." - NY METRO "A scintillating read." - THE DAILY MAIL "REASONS TO STAY ALIVE is essential reading for anyone who has dealt with depression and for anyone who loves someone with the disease." - BOOK REPORTER "Fascinating and beautifully written." - IAN RANKIN "Brings a difficult and sensitive subject out of the darkness and into the light." - MICHAEL PALIN "Matt Haig is astounding." - STEPHEN FRY "A vibrant, encouraging depiction of a sinister disorder." KIRKUS REVIEW "Warm and engaging, and shot through with humour...a valuable contribution to the conversation." - THE SUNDAY TIMES
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- Mar 07, 2024
No good reasons to stay alive
Terrible book! Just a lot of self pity going on and on. Even the list of reasons came from the Internet, not him. He mentions things that help running and yoga but does NOT explain why and how. As a writer even at the lowest level he is NOT good, awkward sentences that are hard to digest and in some cases I am not sure they are complete sentences. No help, no hope, no good. If fact because I had hope and got nothing it made me depressed because of the waste of time, money, hope, life. There so many books that are 100 times better, so don't bother with this one.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jul 11, 2018
Great book.
A great book. Very well written.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Feb 17, 2018
Good.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
