Recovery: Plain & Simple

Here, with the energy, humor, and clear-as-a-cowbell insight for which he is known, John Lee gives you the information you need to overcome, first, the feeling that you are not living the life you want and, second, the addictive behaviors you use to numb your resulting frustration. Reading Recovery: Plain and Simple is a big step toward becoming your real self.

John Lee, a charming mixture of college professor and therapist, came to national prominence over a decade ago with The Flying Boy, which sold over a quarter million copies. He has since written eight other books on anger, fathers and sons, mothers and sons, and other relationships, the most recent being Growing Yourself Back Up and Courting a Woman's Soul.

Bill Stott is a professor of American Studies and English at the University of Texas at Austin. Among his books are Write to the Point: And Feel Better About Your Writing and , with John Lee, Facing the Fire: Experiencing and Expressing Anger Appropriately.