Help Me! by Marianne Power

I've never read any self-help books, and to be honest I thought anyone who did was wasting their time. But how would I know that if I'd never read one? When I heard about this book, I thought this was my moment to find out all about the self-help phenomenon. Journalist Marianne Power decided to read a different self-help book every month for a yearto see if any of the would change her life for the better. Even if you've never read one, you'll have heard of some of the titles - for example, 'Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway' by Susan Jeffers, 'The Secret' by Rhonda Byrne, 'The Power of Now' by Eckhart Tolle, and many others. 

Well, it's a journey - for the reader but especially for Marianne. Each book she reads sees her unravelling a bit of herself, not always with the outcome she desires. There are tears, there are breakdowns, copious amounts of wine, many rounds of cheese on toast, friends lost and gained, weight lost and gained. She comes out the other side - just - but you'll have to read it yourself to find out whether it was all worth it.

I cried with her, I laughed with her, I cringed when she thought she was acting normally - but then, who am I to say what's normal?! This book is just brilliant, and the final chapter/epilogue had me welling up, especially the last 2 short sentences.