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A novel is a story transmitted from the novelist to the reader. It offers distraction, entertainment, and an opportunity to unwind or focus. But it can also be something more powerful—a way to learn about how to live. Read at the right moment in your life, a novel can—quite literally—change it. The Novel Cure is a reminder of that power. To create this apothecary, the authors have trawled two thousand years of literature for novels that effectively promote happiness, health, and sanity, written by brilliant minds who knew what it meant to be human and wrote their life lessons into their…
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7 editions- Hardcover · English · 2017The Novel CureCanongate Books Ltd · 464 pages · 9781786891044
- Paperback · English · 2014The Novel Cure : From Abandonment to ZestlessnessPenguin Books · 432 pages · 9780143125938
- Hardcover · English · 2013The Novel CureCanongate Books Ltd · 456 pages · 9780857864208
- Paperback · English · 2001imusti · 460 pages · 9780857864215
- Other · English · 2013Text Publishing Company · 416 pages · 9781922079350
- Other · English · 2013Canongate Books · 9780857864260
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