What a lovely and unexpected surprise from a friend this was for me when I opened the mail recently! Then I wondered if it were a not-so-subtle message.

Whatever, it is clear I need this big time. The book fell open at a random page ... 'Squeeze Balls - squeezing balls will help work off the nervous tension that concentrates in your fingers and hands'. My immediate thought was 'whose balls?' I am sure that's not the reaction I am meant to have.

Since reading it, I've tried to adopt many of these pearls of wisdom to make me a calmer person - but it is an uphill battle. *sigh*

I really do need a holiday!! ( )

no use where i work but nice idea ( )

I have two copies, both prced at U.K. £2.50 (no other currency) and both printed in England by William Clowes Ltd. However despite the imprint pages both saying "Set in Monotype Phaistos" thw font for the imprint page in esch copy is different. Also, while one copy has "Published in Penguin Books 1996" the other has "First published 1998". Both are later impressions and both have the same ISBN number.