'Gabor Maté takes us on an epic journey of discovery about how our emotional well-being, and our social connectivity (in short: how we live), is intimately intertwined with health, disease and addictions ... This riveting and beautifully written tale has profound implications for all of our lives, including the practice of medicine and mental health'
- Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the Score
'Wise, sophisticated, rigorous and creative: an intellectual and compassionate investigation of who we are and who we may become'
- Tara Westover, author of Educated
'A book literally everyone will be enriched by - a wise, profound and healing work that is the culmination of Dr Mate's many years of deep and painfully accumulated wisdom'
- Johann Hari, author of Stolen Focus
'An astonishing achievement, epic in scope and yet profoundly down-to-earth and practical. I will read this book again and again'
- V (formerly Eve Ensler), author of The Vagina Monologues
'Brilliant, compelling and groundbreaking. Gabor Maté offers us a way to bring clear seeing and a greatness of heart to the crisis of our times'
- Tara Brach, author of Radical Compassion
'A book in which readers can seek refuge and solace during moments of profound personal and social crisis'
- Esther Perel, psychotherapist and author of Mating in Captivity