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OverviewA hilarious and brutally honest memoir about depression (and awkward massages) A hilarious and brutally honest memoir about depression (and awkward massages) For someone who hates exercise, Kristy Chambers is pretty good at running away. Believing that happiness can be found in other geographical locations, she stalks puffins in Reykjavik, rebuffs mariachi singers in Mexico City, and tries Weasel coffee (don't ask) in Hanoi. With a family history of mental illness that goes back generations and a complicated, long-term relationship with depression, she's not so much an international jetsetter as a loose cannon with a passport. Joined by the most unreliable travel companion of them all - her mental health - Kristy goes in search of greener grass and finds that if she could only cut her head off, she would probably enjoy travel, and life, 100 per cent of the time (or 95 per cent if you include diarrhoea). Comedy ensues. Praise for Get Well Soon 'One of the most distressingly funny books I have ever read.' Benjamin law, author of The Family Law and Gaysia If David Sedaris had been an Australian nurse he probably would have written this.' Catherine Deveny, author of The Happiness Show 'Chambers is a natural comic, and while the humour is often dark or in-your-face, there are moments of poignancy.' Sydney Morning Herald Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kristy ChambersPublisher: University of Queensland Press Imprint: University of Queensland Press Dimensions: Width: 14.10cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.10cm Weight: 0.268kg ISBN: 9780702253249ISBN 10: 0702253243 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 24 September 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAn unsettling account of nursing that is devoid of dramatization, characterized by cynicism, and delivered in the darkly comic style of Judith Lucy. -- Bookseller + Publisher on Get Well Soon! An unsettling account of nursing that is devoid of dramatization, characterized by cynicism, and delivered in the darkly comic style of Judith Lucy. -- Bookseller + Publisher on Get Well Soon! For a book packed with medical illness and horror, Get Well Soon! is a life-affirmingly funny book. Repulsive and pungent, but always humane, this is without a doubt one of the most distressingly funny books I have ever read. --Benjamin Law, author, The Family Law and Gaysia, on Get Well Soon! If David Sedaris had been an Australian nurse he probably would have written this. --Catherine Deveny, author, The Happiness Show, on Get Well Soon! Author InformationKristy Chambers is the author of the bestselling Get Well Soon! My (Un)Brilliant Career as a Nurse. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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