Lonely: Learning to Live with Solitude - Softcover

White, Emily

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0771088787 ISBN 13: 9780771088780

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 2011

Synopsis

A brave and revealing examination of an overlooked affliction that affects one in four Canadians.

Despite having a demanding job, good friends, and a supportive family, Emily White spent many of her nights and weekends alone at home, trying to understand why she felt so disconnected from everyone. To keep up the façade of an active social life and hide the painful truth, that she was suffering from severe loneliness, the successful young lawyer often lied to those around her -- and to herself.

In this insightful, soul-baring, and illuminating memoir, White chronicles her battle to understand and overcome this debilitating condition, and contends that chronic loneliness deserves the same attention as other mental difficulties, such as depression. "Right now, loneliness is something few people are willing to admit to," she writes. "There's no need for this silence, no need for the shame and self-blame it creates."

By investigating the science of loneliness, challenging its stigma, encouraging other lonely people to talk about their struggles, and defining one person's experience, Lonely redefines how we look at loneliness and helps those afflicted see and understand their mood in an entirely new light, ultimately providing solace and hope. It is a moving, compassionate, and important book about a topic that is affecting more among us each day.

About this title

About the Author:

EMILY WHITE is a former lawyer who now works as a writer and policy advisor. She lives in St. John's, Newfoundland.

About this edition

• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc.
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0771088787
• ISBN 13: 9780771088780
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352