Aches and Pains
Aches and Pains (first published 1999) is a self-help book by Irish writer Maeve Binchy.
First edition
Style
Binchy mixes humour, common sense, and anecdote in her attempt to raise her reader's spirits, while providing "valuable insights into the whole business of being sick". She includes chapters that advise on such topics as "Baring Your Body", "Elastic Stockings", "Giving Up Drink" and "Cheering Things About Chest Pain".
Illustrations
The book is illustrated throughout by Wendy Shea.
Reception
- "'With a fine mix of humour and common sense, Maeve Binchy makes light of coping with ailments and hospitals.... Laugh out loud anecdotes delightfully told by Kate Binchy." (CHOICE)
gollark: ...
gollark: "Rational" assuming what goals?
gollark: Virtue ethics bad, RNG ethics good.
gollark: You *could* still have a functional working one with entirely selfish people, I think. It would just be weirder and have more problems.
gollark: The thing about society is that it roughly lines up the incentives so even selfish individuals sometimes sort of do mutually beneficial things.
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