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'A tender appreciation of life's beauty' Matt Haig, The Guardian In How to Feel Better, bestselling author Cathy Rentzenbrink shares the advice that has seen her through life's ups and downs. From her etiquette for bad news to the words of wisdom she would like to pass onto her son, How to Feel Better is full of warm, gentle guidance and comfort for when you need it most. Previously published as A Manual for Heartache, this revised edition contains a new introduction from Cathy and an inspiring addendum of advice from other authors on what they do to feel better, whatever the world throws their way.

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A lovely, simple book about how to cope with life's bumps and shocks and sadnesses . . . a tender appreciation of life's beauty. -- <b>Matt Haig, <i>The Guardian</i></b> Poignant . . . short on self-pity, but big on compassion and supremely big-hearted. It is a generous and important addition to an expanding shelf of therapeutic memoirs that help us blunder through modern life. -- <b><i>The Sunday Times</i></b> A Manual for Heartache explores how to cope with life at its most difficult and overwhelming and provides reassurance that suffering may change us forever but we can emerge filled with hope -- <i><b>Express</b></i> I read [this book] in a single sitting . . . It's human and kind and rooted in the everyday, in the language that we all recognise and the horrors that we all experience when we feel out of control or so lost we can hardly speak. I loved it. I've learned from it. -- <b>Kit de Waal, author of <i>My Name is Leon</i></b> Generous, honest and uplifting. People need this book. -- <b>Nina Stibbe, award-winning author of <i>Reasons to be Cheerful </i>and <i>Love, Nina</i></b> A book that could change the life of someone whose hands it finds its way into at the right moment. I wish I could go back and give it to my younger self at various points in my own life. A copy should be issued to every teenager in school . . . It delivers that most important of messages: You are not alone. -- <b>Alice Adams, author of <i>Invincible Summer</i></b> Wise and insightful. It is one of the most touching and honest books I've read and I expect it will light the end of the tunnel for many. It is very brave and very true. -- <b>Suzanne O'Sullivan, author of <i>It's All In Your Head</i></b> Cathy Rentzenbrink is a light in the dark. I can't think of anyone I wouldn't recommend this book to. -- <b>Jenny Colgan, bestselling author of </b> <b><i>Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe</i> and more</b> A wise, clear, warm and inclusive friend to help you through times of great sadness - whether your own or a loved one's. This book should be available on prescription. -- <b>Sali Hughes</b> When my life turned upside down, this is the book I wish I could have read. If anyone you know is in the depths of grief, A Manual for Heartache can show you how to be the friend they need. -- <b>Decca Aitkenhead, author of <i>The Promised Land</i></b> I devoured A Manual for Heartache in one sitting . . . a kind, honest and wise book about how to make a friend of sadness. -- <b>Rachel Joyce, author of <i>The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry</i></b> The perfect choice for anyone keen. . . to make sense of any recent emotional upheaval -- <b>Laura Barnett</b>

A lovely, simple book about how to cope with life's bumps and shocks and sadnesses . . . a tender appreciation of life's beauty. -- <b>Matt Haig, <i>The Guardian</i></b> Poignant . . . short on self-pity, but big on compassion and supremely big-hearted. It is a generous and important addition to an expanding shelf of therapeutic memoirs that help us blunder through modern life. -- <b><i>The Sunday Times</i></b> [How to Feel Better] explores how to cope with life at its most difficult and overwhelming and provides reassurance that suffering may change us forever but we can emerge filled with hope -- <i><b>Express</b></i> I read [How to Feel Better] in a single sitting . . . It's human and kind and rooted in the everyday, in the language that we all recognise and the horrors that we all experience when we feel out of control or so lost we can hardly speak. I loved it. I've learned from it. -- <b>Kit de Waal, author of <i>My Name is Leon</i></b> Generous, honest and uplifting. People need this book. -- <b>Nina Stibbe, award-winning author of <i>Reasons to be Cheerful </i>and <i>Love, Nina</i></b> A book that could change the life of someone whose hands it finds its way into at the right moment. I wish I could go back and give it to my younger self at various points in my own life. A copy should be issued to every teenager in school . . . It delivers that most important of messages: You are not alone. -- <b>Alice Adams, author of <i>Invincible Summer</i></b> Wise and insightful. It is one of the most touching and honest books I've read and I expect it will light the end of the tunnel for many. It is very brave and very true. -- <b>Suzanne O'Sullivan, author of <i>It's All In Your Head</i></b> Cathy Rentzenbrink is a light in the dark. I can't think of anyone I wouldn't recommend this book to. -- <b>Jenny Colgan, bestselling author of </b> <b><i>Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe</i> and more</b> A wise, clear, warm and inclusive friend to help you through times of great sadness - whether your own or a loved one's. This book should be available on prescription. -- <b>Sali Hughes</b> When my life turned upside down, this is the book I wish I could have read. If anyone you know is in the depths of grief, [How to Feel Better] can show you how to be the friend they need. -- <b>Decca Aitkenhead, author of <i>The Promised Land</i></b> I devoured [How to Feel Better] in one sitting . . . a kind, honest and wise book about how to make a friend of sadness. -- <b>Rachel Joyce, author of <i>The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry</i></b> The perfect choice for anyone keen. . . to make sense of any recent emotional upheaval -- <b>Laura Barnett</b>

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Cathy Rentzenbrink is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Last Act of Love, How to Feel Better (A Manual for Heartache), Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books, Write It All Down and Everyone Is Still Alive. It took her twenty years to wrestle her own life story on the page and she loves to use what she has learnt about the profound nature of writing the self in the service of others. Cathy has taught for Arvon, Curtis Brown Creative, at Falmouth University and at festivals and in prisons, and welcomes anyone, no matter what their experience, education, background or story. She believes that everyone's life would be improved by picking up a pen and is at her happiest when encouraging her students to have the courage to delve into themselves and see the magic that will start to happen on the page.

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