Hungry for Hope, Hungry for Life
A Korean publishing professional begins therapy and documents a year of sessions and reflections. Candid, funny and piercing, this cult bestseller explores depression, anxiety and the small comforts - like tteokbokki - that help us keep going.
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Hungry for Hope, Hungry for Life
A Korean publishing professional begins therapy and documents a year of sessions and reflections. Candid, funny and piercing, this cult bestseller explores depression, anxiety and the small comforts - like tteokbokki - that help us keep going.
- Book Synopsis
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THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER | TRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HUR
'Will strike a chord with anyone who feels that their public life is at odds with how they really feel inside.' Red
PSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you?
ME: I don't know, I'm - what's the word - depressed? Do I have to go into detail?
Baek Sehee is a successful young social media director at a publishing house when she begins seeing a psychiatrist about her - what to call it? - depression? She feels persistently low, anxious, endlessly self-doubting, but also highly judgemental of others.
Baek records her sessions with her psychiatrist over a 12-week period, and during the process questions and reflects upon everything, from her ambivalence towards her career to her struggles with self-esteem, relationships and intimacy. Part memoir, part self-help, the resulting book is a documentation of emotions, a cry for help, and a hopeful guide for anyone who has been through similar experiences.
- About The Author
- Born in 1990, Baek Sehee studied creative writing in university before working for five years at a publishing house. For ten years, she received psychiatric treatment for dysthymia (persistent mild depression), which became the subject of her essays, and then I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, books one and two. Her favorite food was tteokbokki, and she lived with her rescue dog Jaram.
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- ISBN
- 9781526648099
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury, (06 July 2023)
- Number of Pages
- 208
- Weight
- 152 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 196 x 126 x 22 mm
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