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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise April 2021 |
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| Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness by Roy Richard GrinkerWhat it is: an engaging look at the history of mental illness stigma and how those negative attitudes have shaped treatment over time.
Read it for: the author's compassionate approach toward mental illness and the story of his own family's role in the history of psychology (his grandfather worked with Sigmund Freud).
Reviewers say: Nobody's Normal is a "highly readable, thoughtful study of how we perceive and talk about mental illness" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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Are U Ok? A Guide to Caring for Your Mental Health: How to Know if You Need Help...
by Kati Morton
What it's about: some of the most commonly asked questions about mental illness, mental health, self-care practices, and asking for help when you need it.
Read it for: the author's tone, which is welcoming, encouraging, and makes a difficult topic seem more approachable.
Author alert: Kati Morton is a licensed family therapist best known for her popular YouTube channel, where she discusses a variety of mental health topics and works to reduce the stigma of mental illness.
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| Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika JaouadWhat it's about: the moving and bittersweet story of Suleika Jaouad's battle with leukemia and her journey of emotional recovery after surviving the disease.
About the author: Jaouad is an Emmy Award-winning documentarian and columnist for the New York Times.
Reviewers say: "This is a stunning memoir, well-crafted and hard to put down" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| The Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disease by Charles KennyWhat it is: a timely and well-researched history of the relationship between humanity and disease and how various plagues have shaped society.
Why you should read it: to provide context for the economic, social, and political implications of the current pandemic.
Don't miss: the discussions of non-communicable but still widespread conditions like high blood pressure. |
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Awkward: the Science of Why We're Socially Awkward and Why That's Awesome
by Ty Tashiro
What it's about: the social significance and personal impact of awkwardness as a concept, including some of its surprising advantages.
Read it for: the upbeat tone, which helps the author explore an uncomfortable topic in an engaging way.
For fans of: Quiet by Susan Cain; The Introvert's Way by Sophia Dembling.
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Remote work revolution : succeeding from anywhere
by Tsedal Neeley
What it is: A Harvard Business School professor provides remote workers and leaders with the best practices necessary to perform at the highest levels in their organizations.
Read it if: your workplace isn't going "back to normal" any time soon.
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Salt in my soul : an unfinished life
by Mallory Smith
What's inside: the diaries of a remarkable young woman who was determined to live a full and happy life despite her struggle with cystic fibrosis and a rare superbug, from age 15 to her death at the age of 25.
Critics say: “Captures the heartbreaking beauty of being alive.”—Beck Dorey-Stein, New York Times bestselling author of From the Corner of the Oval.
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Want me : a sex writer's journey into the heart of desire
by Tracy Clark-Flory
What it is: A prominent sex journalist, in this moving, fresh and darkly humorous memoir, shares the thrilling and heartbreaking events that led to discovering the truths about her own desire
Read it for: an honest look at sex and culture for modern young women.
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Chasing My Cure: A Doctor's Race to Turn Hope Into Action
by David Fajgenbaum
What it's about: the story of immunologist and former college football player David Fajgenbaum and his attempts to treat the uncommon condition he developed while in medical school (Castleman's Disease) and his continued advocacy of rare disease research.
Read it for: the unique insights Fajenbaum has into the medical world from his perspective as both a doctor and a patient.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Rochester Hills Public Library
500 Olde Towne Rd
Rochester, Michigan 48307
(248) 656-2900
rhpl.org |
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