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On Agoraphobia
- Narrated by: Graham Caveney
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
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Summary
'If we’re talking agoraphobia, we’re talking books. I slip between their covers, lose myself in the turn of one page, re-discover myself on the next. Reading is a game of hide-and-seek. Narrative and neurosis, uneasy bedfellows sleeping top to toe.'
When Graham Caveney was in his early 20s, he began to suffer from what was eventually diagnosed as agoraphobia. What followed were decades of managing his condition and learning to live within the narrow limits it imposed on his life: no motorways, no dual carriageways, no shopping centres, limited time outdoors.
Graham’s quest to understand his illness brought him back to his first love: books. From Harper Lee’s Boo Radley, Ford Madox Ford, Emily Dickinson and Shirley Jackson: the literary world is replete with examples of agoraphobics—once you go looking for them.
On Agoraphobia is a fascinating, entertaining and sometimes painfully acute look at what it means to go through life with an anxiety disorder that evades easy definition.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-09-23
Engaging, both interesting and intimate
I listened to this all in one go, which I really recommend if you can, it felt like a bit like a late night conversation at a party. Maybe because the author narrated it? Maybe because it touches on so many topics so fluidly? Graham Caveny writes with authority and vulnerability at the same time. I loved the literary references, they give the book such breadth, much more interesting than a more clinical introduction to agoraphobia (though that side is present too). The personal story gives real depth and I feel humbled to have been let in on these experiences. If you want to learn about agoraphobia from a variety of angles, be able to empathise with someone who has experienced this or maybe make sense of your own experiences, this is the book for it. If you love books, this is the book for you too!
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