Unflinchingly honest and written in an accessible style…This is a courageous, entertaining and well-researched book about a condition that is thought to currently affect 15 percent if people in the UK.
Independent
[A] vivid, smart exploration of the history of anxiety. Stossel tackles genetics, nature and nurture, drug development, and changing medical and philosophical attitudes with the lightest of touches.
Marie Claire
[A] courageous and hilarious journey to the edge of insanity…Stossel’s patient, conscientious uncertainty contains more wit and sensitivity than a hundred manifestos…an immense achievement.
Sunday Telegraph
Fascinating and hugely entertaining. An intense, incredibly brave narrative tinged with moments of outright hilarity, it’s impossible to put down.
Ben Mezrich
Careful and clearly written, his book contains more truth, wit and sensitivity than 100 manifestos.
Daily Telegraph
For anyone who wants to know all about anxiety from a dazzlingly honest sufferer’s perspective, it’s hard to imagine a better book than this.
BBC Focus magazine
He brings to this story depth, intelligence and perspective that could enlighten untold fellow sufferers for years to come.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Staggeringly, brilliantly, indispensably useful.
Joshua Wolf Shenk
Intelligent, interesting and well written … His story is a good window on the crazy history of the field …Bravely and admirably done.
New Yorker
My Age of Anxiety is a mine of information and extensive soul-searching. For contemporary readers, especially those beset with anxiety, it will prove an invaluable resource.
Literary Review. (Fonte : Penguin)