{"id":81600,"date":"2018-07-17T13:14:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T02:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=81600"},"modified":"2018-07-17T14:21:30","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T03:21:30","slug":"review-matt-haig-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2018\/07\/17\/review-matt-haig-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Matt<\/a>Notes on a Nervous Planet<\/strong>
\nby Matt Haig<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review by John Purcell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Matt Haig is a very versatile writer, having written novels, screenplays, memoir and children\u2019s novels – and worked as a journalist. He also\u00a0has an enormous following on social media, something he seems to hate and love with the same intensity.
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His\u00a02015 memoir, Reasons to Stay Alive<\/em><\/a>, is a book that has resonated with millions of people around the world. It has been carried by word of mouth from reader to reader over the last few years. Reasons to Stay Alive<\/em> has become the go-to book for many people suffering from anxiety and\/or depression and also the go-to book for those who love people with anxiety and\/or depression, helping them understand and better empathise with their plight.<\/p>\n

In his new book, Notes on a Nervous Planet<\/em><\/a>, which incidentally debuted at #1 on the UK bestseller charts this week, Matt Haig focuses more closely on living with anxiety in the world as we all face it today. It is a book you can read from cover to cover, as I did, and it is a book you could leave on your coffee table or\u00a0nightstand\u00a0to read when you need a reassuring hug.<\/p>\n

Matt Haig offers no silver bullets to defeat anxiety. If you follow him on social media you\u2019ll know that the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune still assail him every day. But he shares his successes and makes recommendations to help ameliorate the worst of anxiety. And he also shares, quite openly and endearingly, his cock ups, recording when he fails to adhere to his own best advice.<\/p>\n

This book is funny, heart-breaking, heart-mending, warm, insightful, intelligent and full of useful tips on how to navigate our way through life in the 21st century.<\/p>\n

But you don’t have to take my word for it. Just ask Lily Allen, who recently told her 6 million Twitter followers how much she was enjoying the book:<\/p>\n

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This is really good. Thank you @matthaig1<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Wlui1E9fRz<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 LILY ALLEN (@lilyallen) July 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n