SCOTT STOSSEL is the editor of The Atlantic and the author of Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver. His articles and essays have appeared in The Atlantic,The New Yorker, The New Republic, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. He lives with his family in Washington, D.C.
A Washington Post Notable Book
A Seattle Times Best Book of the Year
“Scott Stossel has produced the definitive account of anxiety. . .
. This story has needed to be told.” —Andrew Solomon, author of The
Noonday Demon
“Enlightening, empowering. . . . Brave and . . . potentially
therapeutic.” —The Washington Post
“Sheds light not just on a particular disorder but on the human
condition that gives rise to it.” —The Wall Street Journal
“Brings to this story depth, intelligence, and perspective that
could enlighten untold fellow sufferers for years to come.”
—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
“A carefully reported, wryly funny, and admirably honest historical
and personal investigation.” —Elle
“[An] erudite, heartfelt, and occasionally darkly funny meld
of memoir, cultural history, and science. . . . Excruciatingly
relevant.” —O, The Oprah Magazine
“Bravely intimate. . . . Dazzlingly comprehensive.” —The New York
Times Book Review
“Admirably done. . . . Intelligent, interesting, and well written.”
—The New Yorker
“First-rate. . . . Fascinating. . . . [A] triumph.” —The Boston
Globe
“There is much pain here, but humor, too. . . . Without meaning to,
Stossel has written a self-help manual.” —Newsday
“Quite impressive. . . . [Stossel is] a terrific, companionable
writer.” —Forbes
“With humor, insight and intense research, [Stossel] sheds light on
the disorder that is believed to affect one in seven Americans.
From a historical overview to a review of current treatments in a
book laced with fascinating personal anecdotes, Stossel delivers
authentic perspective on such suffering. “ —New York Daily News
“Scott Stossel’s new book on his lifelong struggle with severe
anxiety is outstanding in the fullest sense of the word. . . . Both
conspicuous and superior within its genre.” —The Seattle Times
“Books exploring personal experiences of mental illness tend to be
either over-wrought accounts of personal trauma that shed little
light on the world beyond the author’s nose, or the more detached
observations of scientists and medics. It is rare to find works
that bridge these objectives, which is one reason that the writer
Andrew Solomon achieved such success with The Noonday Demon. . . .
Stossel’s book deserves a place on this higher shelf.” —Nature
“Powerful, eye-opening and funny. Pitch-perfect in his
storytelling, Stossel reminds us that, in many important ways, to
be anxious is to be human.” —The Dallas Morning News
“An immense achievement. . . . Superbly wide-ranging. . . . With
this substantial treatment, Stossel has done justice to himself and
his subject.” —The Daily Telegraph (London)
“An extraordinary literary performance. . . . In an age inundated
by memoirs and psychic self-help books, My Age of Anxiety is the
rare memoir that tells an entirely compelling story, and the rare
self-help book that really helps. You, and many thousands of
readers along with you, will laugh until you cry.” —Bookforum
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