{"product_id":"9781471197901-group","title":"Group","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life\u003cbr\u003eA memoir by a young lawyer who describes her experiences going through group therapy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Every page of this incredible memoir by Christie Tate had me thinking, “I wish I had read this book when I was 25. It would have helped me so much!”'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReese Witherspoon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘This unrestrained memoir is a transporting experience and one of the most startlingly hopeful books I have ever read. It will make you want to get \u003ci\u003ebetter\u003c\/i\u003e, whatever better means for you.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Taddeo, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThree Women\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eThree Women\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Everything I Know About Love \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003erefreshingly original memoir about self-discovery, loneliness and love. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA guarded young lawyer reluctantly joins a psychotherapy group where she has to share her innermost thoughts with six complete strangers. In turn she finds human connection, and herself.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“What’s going to happen to me when I start group?” \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“All of your secrets are going to come out.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Christie Tate has just been named the top student in her law school class and seems to finally have got her eating disorder under control. So why is she driving through Chicago fantasising about her own death?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Desperate, she joins Dr Rosen’s psychotherapy group, and through his unconventional methods, he challenges everything she thought she knew, about herself and others. In group, secrets are not allowed. This means telling a group of strangers everything – about her struggle with bulimia, her failed sex life, her overwhelming sense of loneliness and acute longing for a relationship. And as she keeps sharing her thoughts and feelings and listens to the others doing the same, her life slowly begins to change.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This is a deliciously compelling read, and an intimate journey through the daring, exhilarating, painful, and hilarious journey that is group therapy – a process that breaks you down, and then reassembles you so that all the pieces finally fit.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eGroup\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘This book will remind you how to come back to yourself even when you want to give up, make you laugh, make you cry, help you breathe. This book will save lives’ \u003cb\u003eLidia Yuknavitch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘Real transformation is not for the faint of heart, and in these pages Christie Tate captures her evolution in all its misery and hilarity, along with the beauty of bearing witness to one another as we grow.’ \u003cb\u003eSarah Hepola  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘Christie Tate takes us on a journey that's heartbreaking and hilarious, surprising and redemptive – and, ultimately, a testament to the power of connection.’ \u003cb\u003eLori Gottlieb\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39496975122529,"sku":"9781471197901","price":6.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31803891.jpg?v=1734596974","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781471197901-group","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}