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Running is a kind of dreaming : a memoir / J.M. Thompson, PhD.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062947079
- ISBN: 0062947079
- Physical Description: x, 306 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-306). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | I. The Sun -- Why -- The things I carry -- II. Mercury -- Dreaming -- Hear the clock tick-tock -- The time it's always been -- Ball, book, flag -- The one and the many -- III. Venus -- Heat -- English male, disheveled -- Gravity -- The dark age -- Love -- IV. Earth -- The Mourner -- The island of the Cyclops -- Hope is a hymn -- V. Mars -- Home, safe, warm -- The hands of Thetis -- VI. Jupiter -- Remembering everything and nothing -- The ground does the thinking -- VII. Saturn -- The field -- Running from birth and death -- The lost men -- VIII. Uranus -- The horizon -- Lines -- IX. Neptune -- Namu Kie Butsu -- Home again -- X. Charon -- Desolation wilderness -- The Enchanted Land -- XI. Dysnomia -- The tower -- XII. The Oort Cloud -- Stay awhile. |
| Summary, etc.: | "A powerful, breathtaking memoir about a young man's descent into madness, and how running saved his life. J.M. Thompson, now a successful psychologist, retraces the path that led him from despair to wellness, detailing the chilling childhood trauma that caused his depression, and the unorthodox treatment that saved him"-- Provided by publisher January 2005. Following years of depression, ineffective medication, therapy that went nowhere, and a suicide attempt, Thompson was confined on the psych ward. One afternoon during an exercise break he experienced a sudden urge: Run. Through motion and immersion in the beauty of nature, Thompson finds a way out of the hell of depression and drug addiction. Step by step, mile by mile, his body and mind heal. Here he retraces the path that led him from despair to wellness. -- adapted from jacket |
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| Genre: | Autobiographies. Biographies. |
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- 3 of 3 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kent Memorial Library - Suffield.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Memorial Library - Suffield | 616.8527 THOMPSON (Text) | 32518149162581 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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