Reasons to Stay Alive One of Entertainment Weekly s most anticipated books of Matt Haig s accessible and life affirming memoir of his struggle with depression and how his triumph over the illness taught him to liv

One of Entertainment Weekly s 25 most anticipated books of 2016 Matt Haig s accessible and life affirming memoir of his struggle with depression, and how his triumph over the illness taught him to live Like nearly one in five people, Matt Haig suffers from depression Reasons to Stay Alive is Matt s inspiring account of how, minute by minute and day by day, he overcame tOne of Entertainment Weekly s 25 most anticipated books of 2016 Matt Haig s accessible and life affirming memoir of his struggle with depression, and how his triumph over the illness taught him to live Like nearly one in five people, Matt Haig suffers from depression Reasons to Stay Alive is Matt s inspiring account of how, minute by minute and day by day, he overcame the disease with the help of reading, writing, and the love of his parents and his girlfriend and now wife , Andrea And eventually, he learned to appreciate life all the for it Everyone s lives are touched by mental illness if we do not suffer from it ourselves, then we have a friend or loved one who does Matt s frankness about his experiences is both inspiring to those who feel daunted by depression and illuminating to those who are mystified by it Above all, his humor and encouragement never let us lose sight of hope Speaking as his present self to his former self in the depths of depression, Matt is adamant that the oldest clich is the truest there is light at the end of the tunnel He teaches us to celebrate the small joys and moments of peace that life brings, and reminds us that there are always reasons to stay alive.
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Matt Haig was born in Sheffield, England in1975 He writes books for both adults and children, often blending the worlds of domestic reality and outright fantasy, with a quirky twist His bestselling novels are translated into 28 languages The Guardian has described his writing as delightfully weird and the New York Times has called him a novelist of great talent whose writing is funny, riveting and heartbreaking His novels for adults are The Last Family in England, narrated by a labrador and optioned for film by Brad Pitt The Dead Fathers Club 2006 , an update of Hamlet featuring an 11 year old boy The Possession of Mr Cave 2008 , about a man obsessed with his daughter s safety, and The Radleys 2010 which won Channel 4 s TV Book Club public vote and was shortlisted for a Galaxy National Book Award UK The film rights to all his adult novels have been sold His next adult novel is The Humans 2013.His multi award winning popular first novel for children, Shadow Forest, was published in 2007 and its sequel, The Runaway Troll, in 2009 His most recent children s novel is To Be A Cat 2012.