{"product_id":"recovery-the-lost-art-of-convalescence-9780143137917","title":"Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An essential book for our times, full of wisdom, compassion and sound advice. Every patient needs a copy of this gem.\" -Katherine May, author of \u003ci\u003eWintering \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEnchantment\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA gentle, expert guide to the secrets of recovery, showing why we need it and how to do it better \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor many of us, time spent in recovery--from a broken leg, a virus, chronic illness, or the crisis of depression or anxiety--can feel like an unwelcome obstacle on the road to health. Modern medicine too often assumes that once doctors have prescribed a course of treatment, healing takes care of itself. But recovery isn't something that \"just happens.\" It is an act that we engage in and that has the potential to transform our lives, if only we can find ways to learn its rhythms and invest our time, energy, and participation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on thirty years of medicine, and on insights from practitioners, psychologists, and writers across history, physician Gavin Francis delivers a profound, practical, and deeply hopeful guide to recovery. Rejecting the idea that healing is passive, \u003ci\u003eRecovery\u003c\/i\u003e offers tools and wisdom for convalescence, and shows how tending to our bodies, environments, and perspectives can help us move through the landscape of illness--and come out the other side whole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGavin Francis\u003c\/b\u003e is a general physician with more than 30 years of training and practice in medicine. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners. He is also an award-winning writer and a contributor to the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. He's authored eight books, including \u003ci\u003eEmpire Antarctica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Adventures in Human Being\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShapeshifters: On Medicine \u0026amp; Human Change\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a book of the year in the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Life","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50609425809682,"sku":"9780143137917","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_002af21f-23ab-4211-a115-7a59c3afdfb2.jpg?v=1732328947","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/recovery-the-lost-art-of-convalescence-9780143137917","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}