Appetite by Random House and Tara HENLEY INVITE YOU TO A CELEBRATION
OF _Lean Out: A Meditation on the Madness of Modern Life_. Join us on
March 24th at the Gladstone Hotel to toast this new book. At 7:30pm
Tara, along with her editor Bhavna Chauhan, will be interviewed
onstage by CBC guest host and tech columnist Manjula Selvarajah. Doors
at 7pm. Cash bar.
ABOUT LEAN OUT:
"Beautifully written, brimming with insight and reassurance—I'm so
grateful for this book." -Olivia Sudjic, author of _Exposure_
_A deeply personal and informed reflection on the modern world—and
why so many feel disillusioned by it._
In 2016, journalist Tara Henley was at the top of her game working in
Canadian media. She had traveled the world, from Soweto to Bangkok and
Borneo to Brooklyn, interviewing authors and community leaders,
politicians and Hollywood celebrities. But when she started getting
chest pains at her desk in the newsroom, none of that seemed to
matter.
The health crisis—not cardiac, it turned out, but anxiety—forced
her to step off the media treadmill and examine her life and the
stressful twenty-first century world around her. Henley was not alone;
North America was facing an epidemic of lifestyle-related health
problems. And yet, the culture was continually celebrating the elite
few who thrived in the always-on work world, those who perpetually
leaned in. Henley realized that if we wanted innovative solutions to
the wave of burnout and stress-related illness, it was time to talk to
those who had leaned out.
Part memoir, part travelogue, and part investigation, _Lean Out_
tracks Henley's journey from the heart of the connected city to the
fringe communities that surround it. From early retirement enthusiasts
in urban British Columbia to moneyless men in rural Ireland, Henley
uncovers a parallel track in which everyday citizens are quietly
dropping out of the mainstream and reclaiming their lives from
overwork. Underlying these disparate movements is a rejection of
consumerism, a growing appetite for social contribution, and a quest
for meaningful connection in this era of extreme isolation and
loneliness.
As she connects the dots between anxiety and overwork, Henley
confronts the biggest issues of our time.
ABOUT TARA HENLEY:
Tara Henley is a Canadian writer and broadcaster. Over the past two
decades, her work has appeared on CBC television, and in The Guardian,
The L.A. Times, The Globe and Mail and The Walrus, as well as dozens
of other publications across the country and around the world. She
currently works as a producer at CBC Radio and has a books column in
The Toronto Star.
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