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"A new collection of case stories from ""the Oliver Sacks of law."" In this follow-up to his acclaimed book, Four Seasons of Loneliness (winner of the 2017 Independent Publishers Gold Prize as the best book of the year in Psychology / Mental Health), social psychologist turned lawyer J. W. Freiberg continues to explore chronic loneliness, one of modern society's most serious public health crises. In Surrounded by Others and Yet So Alone, he again draws from his thirty-year legal career to present five unique tales. While Four Seasons of Loneliness studied the devastation caused by social isolation, here Freiberg explores the impact of faulty connections in failing relationships. But don't expect to be lectured on the topic; you will find yourself reading a collection of deeply human stories. And that's a good thing, because Freiberg is a master storyteller."

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What we have in Freiberg, I'm happy to say, is the Oliver Sacks of law. --Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. This book is a compilation of extraordinary stories told by a master storyteller. J. W. Freiberg has met some amazingly resilient survivors of a somewhat broken system and has told their tales with uncommon grace. His humanity, his compassion, and his love for the details of the law shine through his stories with clarity! --Jacqueline Olds, MD Associate Professor of Child Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School These surprising and moving stories draw us a vivid map of the many worlds of loneliness. J. W. Freiberg has so much to teach us about the causes of loneliness and what it's like to be trapped there. And he's a hell of a storyteller with some amazing tales to tell. --Richard Schwartz, MD Associate Professor of Adult Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

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