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And now for the good news.. : the much needed tonic for our frazzled world / Ruby Wax.
By: Wax, Ruby.
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BookPublisher: London : Penguin Life, 2021Description: Paperback 20 cm.ISBN: 9780241400661 (pbk.) :; 024140066X (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Culture | Civilization | Social change | Society | Society | Philosophy of mind | Society & culture: general | Coping with stress | Self-help & personal development | Popular psychologyDDC classification: 306 Summary: Dear Reader, I know what you're thinking, is it some kind of macabre joke? Has she been in a coma? How can Ruby Wax write a book about good news when the world is facing the worst disaster since the Plague? Let me explain. I began writing in 2018, back when the world's worries were somewhat different. Climate change, greedy bankers, exam results, crap politicians, mental health: these are still huge issues, but even the ancient soothsayers reading pig entrails couldn't have predicted this. This is my new mission: to share the green shoots of hope peeping through the soil of civilisation.
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Originally published: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dear Reader, I know what you're thinking, is it some kind of macabre joke? Has she been in a coma? How can Ruby Wax write a book about good news when the world is facing the worst disaster since the Plague? Let me explain. I began writing in 2018, back when the world's worries were somewhat different. Climate change, greedy bankers, exam results, crap politicians, mental health: these are still huge issues, but even the ancient soothsayers reading pig entrails couldn't have predicted this. This is my new mission: to share the green shoots of hope peeping through the soil of civilisation.