Textual Healing

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Textual Healing
Is failure the new success?
By Lindsay Baker
BBC Culture's literature writer Hephzibah Anderson, and panellists Ella Berthoud, Jessie Burton and Alex Wheatle, were appearing at the Hay literature festival (Credit: BBC)
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Can fiction improve your mental health?
By Hugh Montgomery
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‘The books that helped me eat again’
By Fiona Macdonald
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How do you cure homesickness?
By Hephzibah Anderson
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How do I commit?
By Hephzibah Anderson
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Can books ease the pain of grief?
By Hephzibah Anderson
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Unhappy families? A novel cure
By Hephzibah Anderson
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Lovesick? These books can help
By Hephzibah Anderson
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Which books will cure loneliness?
By Hephzibah Anderson
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Can you read yourself happy?
By Hephzibah Anderson
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