{"id":79740,"date":"2023-07-08T18:45:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T18:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=79740"},"modified":"2023-07-08T18:45:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T18:45:38","slug":"by-combining-self-help-and-literature-the-school-of-lifes-first-novel-does-both-a-disservice-alice-kemp-habib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=79740","title":{"rendered":"By combining self-help and literature, the School of Life\u2019s first novel does both a disservice | Alice Kemp-Habib"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Billed as \u2018a therapeutic novel\u2019, the publisher\u2019s first foray into fiction follows 29-year-old Anna\u2019s mental health journey \u2013 with a view to helping the reader. But how useful can such clunky writing be?At 29 years old, Anna is full of self-loathing. 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