Urban Worrier
Adventures in the Lost Art of Letting Go
When modern life grinds you down, how do you stop worrying and learn to let go? Exhausted and fearing for his health and family life, world class workaholic Nick Thorpe resolves to spend a year finding out. Beginning with a plunge off a cliff in Cornwall, he is soon experimenting with wing-walking, guerrilla clowning and a revealing weekend at a naturist convention. But the more he tries to loosen up, the bigger the questions: can you really relax if you're not in control? From a school where pupils make the rules, to meditation in New Mexico and log rafting in Sweden, Urban Worrier charts a humorous and often moving quest for the ultimate mo…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-349-12085-0
- EAN: 9780349120850
- Produktnummer: 17702345
- Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Masse: H19.5 cm x B12.3 cm x D1.7 cm 232 g
- Abbildungen: Section: 8, b&w
- Gewicht: 232
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
Nick Thorpe is an award-winning journalist based in Edinburgh. He has worked for a range of publications, including the Scotsman, Guardian, Independent, Daily Telegraph, The Times, Sunday Times, Scotland on Sunday and the BBC World Service.
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