Life and How to Survive It

Skynner, A. C. Robin; Cleese, John

ISBN 10: 0393037428 / ISBN 13: 9780393037425

Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, 1995

About this Item

Seller Inventory # U9780393037425

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Life and How to Survive It
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393037428
• ISBN 13: 9780393037425
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Handelsman, Bud
• Edition: 1776681910.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 9847443
• Signed: 4/20/2026 10:45:10 AM
• Seller catalogs:
  • 1
  • U
  • 9780393037425

About this title

Synopsis

Drawing on their observations of life and research into families, business success, and psychiatry, the authors explore universal principles of healthy survival, including maintaining individuality and adapting to change

Reviews

If all pop psychology-self-help books were as sprightly and insightful as this, they would corner the market. Psychiatrist Skynner and humorist Cleese of Monty Python fame last collaborated on Families and How to Survive Them. Here, they return to the topic of family, then move beyond. Cleese, a former patient of Skynner's, confines himself largely to the role of straight man in their dialogue, although he, too, offers insights. Together they expand the idea of the healthy individual raised in a healthy family becoming a contributor to a healthy society. Particularly relevant is their astute analysis of our society's attitudes toward directness, money, celebrity and winning. The authors go on to discuss values, religion, death and change, all with an ingratiating lack of dogmatism. Cartoonist Handelsman has encapsulated the ideas in apt and witty illustrations.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.