How To Be Alone: The School Of Life

Author: Sara Maitland
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  • : $26.00 NZD
  • : 9780230768086
  • : PAN MACMILLAN UK
  • : Macmillan
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  • : January 2014
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  • : 24.99
  • : January 2014
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  • : Sara Maitland
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  • : 158.1
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Barcode 9780230768086
9780230768086

Description

In How to Be Alone, Sara Maitland asks how we have arrived in a culture that values individualism, personal autonomy, independence and fulfilment higher than ever before in human history -- but at the same time is terrified of solitude. Delving in to history to answer this question, she examines our changing culture through the ages and asks why and how we have periodically praised and then feared the practice of being alone, and those who seek it. In this thought-provoking and practical book in The School of Life series, Sara offers real ideas for finding and enjoying solitude in our modern age. She addresses the instant reflex reaction we can sometimes feel when faced with those who choose to be alone and helps us tackle our fear so we can embrace time alone ourselves.

Author description

Sara Maitland is a British writer and feminist. She is the author of numerous works of fiction, including the Somerset Maugham Award-winning Daughters of Jersualem and several non-fiction books about religion. Born in 1950, she studied at Oxford University and lives in Galloway.