"An essential book for our times, full of wisdom, compassion and sound
advice. Every patient needs a copy of this gem." -Katherine May, author
of Wintering and Enchantment
A gentle, expert guide to the secrets of recovery, showing why we need
it and how to do it better
For many of us, time spent in recovery--from a broken leg, a virus,
chronic illness, or the crisis of depression or anxiety--can feel like
an unwelcome obstacle on the road to health. Modern medicine too often
assumes that once doctors have prescribed a course of treatment, healing
takes care of itself. But recovery isn't something that "just happens."
It is an act that we engage in and that has the potential to transform
our lives, if only we can find ways to learn its rhythms and invest our
time, energy, and participation.
Drawing on thirty years of medicine, and on insights from practitioners,
psychologists, and writers across history, physician Gavin Francis
delivers a profound, practical, and deeply hopeful guide to recovery.
Rejecting the idea that healing is passive, Recovery offers tools and
wisdom for convalescence, and shows how tending to our bodies,
environments, and perspectives can help us move through the landscape of
illness--and come out the other side whole.
