Strangers to Ourselves 6-33-S72197 proves to be Herv

proves to be Herv

open-minded curiosity

The clear choice

and made things happen--in and out of uniform

providing an opportunity to try on different approaches

Strangers to Ourselves 6-33-S72197 proves to be HervIn Strangers to Ourselves, a powerful and gripping debut, Rachel Aviv raises fundamental questions about how we understand ourselves in periods of crisis and distress. Drawing on deep, original reporting as well as unpublished journals and memoirs, Aviv writes about people who have come up against the limits of psychiatric explanations for who they are. She follows an Indian woman, celebrated as a saint, who lives in healing temples in Kerala; an