01657cam a22003978i 4500001000700000003000800007005001700015007000300032008004100035010001700076020003100093035001300124040002800137041000800165042000800173050002400181082001000205100002000215245012600235264003800361300002300399336002100422337002500443338002300468500002000491505011000511520040200621650004901023650002801072650001901100650001601119650005001135650002201185650002401207700002801231114861BJBSDDR20240611112854.0ta130528s2013    nyu           001 0 eng    a  2013017177  a9780143125938 (paperbacks)  a17754041  aDLCbspacDLCerdadDLC  aeng  apcc14aPN 3352bB542n 201400a809.31 aBerthoud, Ella.14aThe novel cure :bfrom abandoment  to zestlessness : 751 Books to Cure What Ails You /cElla Berthoud and Susan Elderkin. 1aNew York :bPenguin Books,c2014.  a420 pages :c24 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aIncludes index.  aIntroduction--
Ailments a to z--
Acknowledgents--
Ten-best list index--
Author index--
Novel title index.  aThe authors frame this book as a "literary apothecary." The book contains an alphabetical listing of emotional, mental, and physical ailments such as shyness, a broken heart, paranoia, anxiety, baldness, a broken leg, and even caring for someone with cancer. Each ailment and hardship is followed by at least one suggestion for a novel that, according to the authors, serves as "literary medicine. 0aFictionxHistory and criticismxTheory, etc. 0aReading, Psychology of. 0aBibliotherapy. 0aBest books. 4aFicciónxHistoria y criticaxTeoría, etc. 4aLa biblioterapia. 4aLos Mejores Libros.1 aElderkin, Susan,d1968-