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Sto caricando le informazioni... Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journeydi Florence Williams
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A fascinating book on the effects of grief and heartbreak on the human body. Williams, a journalist, uses herself as a test subject for her newest book. Recently and unexpectedly divorced, she undergoes a series of experiments, designed to help her understand and heal from the experience. One part science, one part memoir, this is a hopeful story of the healing power of nature and human connection. ( ) I would recommend this book for anyone who is or has gone through a painful relationship breakup or divorce. I found the science behind heartbreak fascinating and appreciated the author's ability to inject a bit of humor into telling the painful story of her own divorce. Even if you don't find the studies or advice helpful to your situation, just knowing that heartbreak is a universal experience can help one feel less alone. In Heartbreak, Williams tackles a complex and difficult subject. When her husband leaves their 25-year-old marriage, Williams is heartbroken. As a nature advocate and science writer, she sets out to discover why she is so devastated—it was a sufficient marriage, one she calls ambivalent, but not a good one—and what is happening to her body. Ultimately this exploration of romantic loss and grief is about the importance of the mind-body connection and the power of story. Recommended for anyone interested in genomics or seeking ways to understand why breakups can be so hard on us. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"Florence Williams explores the fascinating, cutting-edge science of heartbreak while seeking creative ways to mend her own. When her twenty-five-year marriage unexpectedly falls apart, journalist Florence Williams expects the loss to hurt. What she doesn't expect is that she'll end up in the hospital, examining close-up the way our cells listen to loneliness. She travels to the frontiers of the science of "social pain" to learn why heartbreak hurts so much and why so much of the conventional wisdom about it is wrong. Searching for insight as well as personal strategies to game her way back to health, Williams tests her blood for genetic markers of grief, undergoes electrical shocks in a laboratory while looking at pictures of her ex, and ventures to the wilderness in search of awe as an antidote to loneliness. For readers of Wild and Lab Girl, Heartbreak is a remarkable merging of science and self-discovery that will change the way we think about loneliness, health, and what it means to fall in and out of love"-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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