A Paperback edition by Sara Maitland in English (Sep 2, 2014)
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Explores changing attitudes toward solitude throughout history, and offers experiments and strategies for overturning the cultural fear of being alone, arguing that there are... Read more
Explores changing attitudes toward solitude throughout history, and offers experiments and strategies for overturning the cultural fear of being alone, arguing that there are benefits to spending time alone.
How to Be Alone Paperback edition by Sara Maitland
Sara Maitland is the British author of numerous works of fiction, including the Somerset Maugham Award?winning Daughter of Jerusalem, and several nonfiction books, including A Book of Silence. Born in 1950, she studied at Oxford University and lives in Galloway, Scotland.
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