{"product_id":"hands-an-anxious-mind-unpicked","title":"Hands : An Anxious Mind Unpicked","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'I didn't give my hands much thought before they turned against me. . . They have been chipping away at my life, slowly, slowly, in a way I could never have predicted.'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLauren Brown is anxious. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd when she feels worried, she picks at her skin. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSecretly, quietly, but increasingly compulsively, her skin-picking begins to affect her day-to-day life until she realizes she must unravel the reasons behind it. This sparkling memoir follows the thread of Lauren's anxiety \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– tangled and frayed \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– back to its source.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWritten with rare wit and insight, it is an attempt to redirect the anxiety that's pooled in her fingertips for as long as she can remember, released in odd bursts in caravan parks, on European holidays, at GP surgeries and on the wind-stung north-east coast. It is a moving and joyful exploration of obsession, forgiveness, stigma and healing, and a true love-song to the north. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThoughtful, unsparing and at times darkly comic, \u003cem\u003eHands\u003c\/em\u003e is the masterful debut of a luminous new talent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lauren Brown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43693922517249,"sku":"9780008465797","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-115.png?v=1690817192","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/hands-an-anxious-mind-unpicked","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}