Featuring a new chapter on winter comforts
Reflections on hope,survival and the messy miracle of being alive.
It is a strange paradox,that many of the clearest,most comforting life lessons are learned while we are at our lowest. But then we never think about food more than when we are hungry and we never think about life rafts more than when we are thrown overboard.
The Comfort Book is a collection of consolations learned in hard times and suggestions for making the bad days better. Drawing on maxims,memoir and the inspirational lives of others,these meditations celebrate the ever-changing wonder of living. This is for when we need the wisdom of a friend or a reminder we can always nurture inner strength and hope,even in our busy world.
A book of timeless comfort for modern minds.
Publisher: Canongate BooksISBN: 9781838857004Number of pages: 272Weight: 439 gDimensions: 220 x 162 x 27 mmEdition: Main - Limited Winter edition
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Full of eloquent,cogent and positive reminders of the beauty of life... Will prove enormously sustaining and valuable to a lot of people... Genuinely uplifting... Haig is a sensitive,introspective and thoughtful guide to the human dilemmas that affect us all'- Independent
'The Comfort Book,a collection of aphorisms and inspirational stories of survival against the odds,is a guide to living and finding hope in these disjointed times'- Guardian
'The literary equivalent of a steaming hot chocolate on a chilly day... The ideal read for dipping into whenever you need a pick-me-up or change of perspective'- Metro
'Profound,witty and uplifting,and a stirring testament to hope and the imagination'- Observer
'Pick up this book any time you're in need of a boost of positivity,calm and - as it says on the cover - comfort'- ELLE
'Promises two things I can't get enough of: hugs and lists... After a year starved of hope and hugs to the extreme,I can't think of a greater comfort read than that'-Evening Standard
'(A) thought-provoking,affirming collection that is both personal and universal...with Haig's trademark empathy and celebration of the resilience of the human heart,this is a book we all need and deserve'- Booklist
Matt Haig
An author who blurs the lines between genres,blending fantasy,myth and science fiction to create some of the most inventive and enduringly popular contemporary fiction,Matt Haig is also amongst Waterstones bookseller's favourite authors. His novels include How to Stop Time,The Radleys and The Humans as well as children's books including A Boy Called Christmas and The Girl Who Saved Christmas. He is also the author of the Sunday Times bestseller and Waterstones non-fiction Book of the Month,Reasons to Stay Aliveand the follow up, Notes on a Nervous Planet.
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