Lonely: Learning to Live with Solitude

Author(s): Emily White

Biography & Memoir | Being Single

Despite having a demanding job, good friends, and a supportive family, Emily White spent many of her evenings and weekends alone at home, trying to understand why she felt so completely disconnected from everyone. In this insightful and soul-baring memoir, White recounts her struggle to comprehend and overcome her chronic loneliness, a debilitating condition that she contends deserves the same attention as depression and other mental difficulties. Interweaving her personal story with cutting-edge scientific research--as well as incredibly moving accounts offered by numerous lonely men and women--White provides a deep and thorough portrait of this increasingly common but too often ignored affliction.


Product Information

"Kudos to Emily White for having written that rare book which feels both necessary and evolutionary. Lonely is a masterwork on the topic, a memoir of deep insight and revelation."--Alice Sebold

General Fields

  • : 9780061765100
  • : HarperCollins Publishers Inc
  • : HarperCollins Publishers
  • : United States
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Emily White
  • : Paperback / softback
  • : 155.92
  • : 338
  • : black & white illustrations