Reading to Stay Alive

Christopher Dowrick is Emeritus Professor in the University of Liverpool UK, and past chair of the World Organisation of Family Doctors working party for mental health.

“This is an incredibly powerful book. It is about hope and the power of literature in helping any one of us through the darkest of times. It is a sophisticated book which combines theory, literature and people’s stories in a way that is both enlightening and engaging. I highly recommend this book.” — Rory O’Connor, Professor of Health Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

• Figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Staying Alive?; 2.Thwarted Belongingness; 3.Escape from Them All and from Myself; 4. Not Choose Not to Be; 5. Points of Transformation; 6. Creating Raisons d’Etre; 7.  Staying Alive;  Index