The Perfect Book for Every Mood
Feeling abandoned? Zestless? In their new book,
The Novel Cure, bibliotherapists (yes, really) Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin prescribe skipping the pharmacy and heading to the library instead.
By Abbe Wright
Ailment: Unemployment
The book: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles by Haruki Murakami
How it can help: Instead of feeling depressed, follow the lead of hero Toru Okada,
who, while jobless, embarks on
a fantastical, liberating journey that changes the way he thinks.
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From the
October 2013 issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine
