Help Me!
How Self-Help Has Not Changed My Life
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4.7 • 37 Ratings
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Publisher Description
‘I love it! Hilarious and thought-provoking!’ – Fearne Cotton
‘The Bridget Jones of self-improvement’ – The Sunday Times
Marianne Power was stuck in a rut. She wondered: could self-help books help her find the elusive perfect life?
She decided to test one book a month for a year, following their advice to the letter. What would happen if she followed the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People? Really felt The Power of Now? Could she unearth The Secret to making her dreams come true?
What begins as a clever experiment becomes an achingly poignant story. Because self-help can change your life – but not necessarily for the better . . .
An international bestseller, Help Me! is an irresistibly funny and incredibly moving book about a wild and ultimately redemptive journey. It will resonate with anyone who’s ever dreamed of finding happiness or making a fresh start.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
If you’re curious about the practical, life-changing wisdom found in the pages of self-help books, we think you’ll get along famously with Marianne Power. We join the journalist on a journey of very funny and surprisingly frank self-discovery as she spends a year following the advice of her favourite gurus. From swimming in icy lakes to bold new dating directions, each guide gets a month-long test to see if it really holds the secret to a perfect life. We fell in love with Marianne’s warm humour, game spirit and the very natural, honest and sometimes testing relationship she has with her brilliant mother.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this frank, funny, and occasionally heartbreaking debut, journalist Power ably lays bare her yearlong quest to live by the tenets of a different self-help book every month. Power reads Rhonda Burns's The Secret, Get the Guy by Matthew Hussey, and Tony Robbins's Unleash the Power Within. Taking a retreat based on John C. Parkin's F**k It: The Ultimate Spiritual Way, Power travels to Italy with other self-help junkies. None of the ideas changed her life, but Power's book itself becomes her key to self-help. She ruminates on the endless quest to be the best person possible, and the many detours it has inspired. She believes that continually setting the bar higher has made her feel like a failure, and that "perfection comes not from getting what you think you want but from opening your eyes and recognizing that you have everything you could possibly need right now." Already a bestseller in Power's native England, the book will surely find a welcoming American readership. Power's total honesty and openness will make readers realize that, at heart, everyone has similar secret fears and insecurities.
Customer Reviews
Must read
Best book ever! I went through exactly The same Self- help journey, love how real this is !
Loved it
So so so so good. If you’ve ever read any self help read this. So uplifting xx
Help me marianne power
Wow! I could not put this down it’s written do eloquently. Marianne I realised to every single emotion you went through it took me two days to read and I truly feel like Iv been on this journey with you. My emotions are shot to pieces I found myself crying along with you and cheering you on through it all. Thank you for such a wonderful book