PrimordialLab

The three case studies are heartbreaking and very, very real. It is not like there is the comfort of an advertorial break, the end of the show, and you know it is fiction. The stories were moving and, as a therapist involved over the years in healthcare and wellbeing, as well as a managing editor, I was at the same time, truly appalled by the way the editing was handled. The studies are chopped and moved around like steak and kidney pie ingredients. I just didn't think they did, nor do, the content justice, and I am surprised this was not addressed. For someone with ADHD or looking for succour, or having experienced trauma, reading this book gyrates the nerves. For someone who wants to read at a sitting, is feeling in strong, mindful spirits, and/or has a weekend to get through it all, it may be the best way and time to read this. As a pointer: Subheadings to when a harrowing anecdote suddenly switches to another harrowing incident with another protagonist in dizzying succession - if the subheadings said: McCoys; Kelleys, O'Gormans, or similar, it would have helped. For all the good the book does, and the merits are great, I wanted to throw it at the wall.