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The Wanted
The Wanted
Nov 20, 2024 1:34 PM

Author:John Tayman

Reviews

Superbly argued, and always accessible, Humanity is an essential guide to modern catastrophe. Few books interrogate our recent moral history so directly or profoundly, or provide such a civilized analysis of the never-ending atrocity exhibition.

—— Ian Thomson , Independent on Sunday

Jonathan Glover's Humanity deserves classic status and the widest readership.

—— Edward Pearce , History Today

A stimulating new book... written with understanding and exceptional lucidity... Glover's analysis is thoughtful and penetrating.

—— Noel Malcolm , Sunday Telegraph

Highly readable and accomplished.

—— Bryan Appleyard , Sunday Times

A book which as many people as possible ought to read... An indispensable work of reference.

—— Samuel Brittan , Prospect

Fascinating and engaging

—— Sunday Times

Your One Wild and Precious Life . . . will transform your thinking

—— Irish Farmers Journal

It reframed so much for me

—— Aoibhín Garrihy

The rotund nature of the work makes it feel like a foundational text, accessible to anyone who seeks to know more about themselves and something any trainee psychologist would enjoy. It astutely examines how attachments to people or patterns can speed up, stunt or spark our growth, and, most importantly, what we can do about it.

No matter where you locate yourself in this book there's an energy to the prose that makes it a fascinating read.

But if every love story is a ghost story, as David Foster Wallace says, then Gaffney's new book resurrects your original love story and the ghost that it conjures. She provides instructions on how to vanquish the past and understand connection, so a new cycle of living is possible.

This book is a powerful reminder that history does not have to dictate our future if we can, somehow, amid the chaos of life, listen now and again.

—— Orla Tinsley , Irish Times

This book is a practical guide to making the most of our lives, within a revised framework, at every stage.

—— Anne Cunningham , The Anglo-Celt

Gaffney invariably gets to the core of things and always seems to talk to one directly. If she has a recipe for facing the next stage in life, it's going to be one worth trying

—— Orna Mulcahy , The Gloss

An expertly organised tour through life

—— Irish Times
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