'Powerful, humane and wise' JULIA SAMUEL 'Everyone should read it' NIGELLA LAWSON 'Beautiful . This is a book for everyone. You feel held by it' PHILIPPA PERRY Most of us have a conversation we're avoiding. From the bestselling author of With the End in Mind, this is a book about the conversations that matter and how to have them better - more honestly, more confidently and without regret. A child coming out to their parent. A family losing someone to terminal illness. A friend noticing the first signs of someone's dementia. A careers advisor and a teenager with radically different perspectives.

There are moments when we must talk, listen and be there for one another. Why do we so often come away from those times feeling like we could have done more, or should have been braver in the face of discomfort? Why do we skirt the conversations that might matter most? By bringing together stories with a lifetime's experience working in medicine and the newest psychology, Mannix offers lessons for how we can better speak our mind and help when others need to. Kathryn Mannix's 'With the End in Mind' was a Sunday Times bestseller the weeks ending 6 January 2018, 13 January 2018 and 3 February 2018. Gold title * THE NEXT BOOK FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF 'WITH THE END IN MIND'. * Not simply about grief or death, but about all the hard conversations of life - from breaking news to coming out to parent-daughter difficulties to illness etc. * Some crossover with both 'THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE', on trauma and how to process it, and 'THE BOOK YOU WISH YOUR PARENTS HAD READ' by Philippa Perry, on how to equip yourself for tough conversations and take the right approach. Competition: Dear Life;Grief Works;Being Mortal;When Breath Becomes Air;Do No Harm; Language of Kindness;The Body Keeps the Score;The Book you wish your parents had read. Atul Gawande;Julia Samuel;Rachel Clarke;Paul Kalanithi;Henry Marsh;Christie Watson;Philippa Perry;Bessel van der Kolk;Charlie Maackesy.