The Unfragile Mind

Fascinating and beautifully written * The Times *
I thought Gavin Francis couldn’t get any better, but I was wrong. This is his best and most important book – Bill Bryson, author of NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND and THE BODY
A hugely accomplished piece of writing… Utterly absorbing. It has changed the way I think about mental health - my own included. A wise, humane, kind, iconoclastic and even therapeutic read. And uplifting: I finished it feeling far better about the world. – Allan Little
A manifesto against an atomised society… a really hopeful book * Evening Standard *
Dr Gavin Francis writes with empathy, fluency and elegance about one of the most important medical topics of our times. This is a book to change lives - and save them
Thought-provoking * Men’s Health *
Elucidating… offers new perspectives on the maintenance of mental health * Sunday Post *
Excellent - beautifully written, moving and wise. Everybody with an interest in mental health should read it – Henry Marsh, author of AND FINALLY: A NEUROSURGEON’S REFLECTIONS ON LIFE
Gavin Francis’ thoughtfulness shines in this meditation on the mind … a clear and hopeful exploration of what it means to think and feel – Grace Spence Green, author of TO EXIST AS I AM
Gavin Francis invites us into his consulting room to hear the worries and woes of the patients he has seen in over 30 years as a GP * Tablet *
Praise for Gavin Francis: ‘Francis offers hope and a rare and precious quiet form of consolation * Observer *
Heartfelt and persuasively argued * Sunday Times *
Wise, gentle and quietly hopeful – Rachel Clarke, author of The Story of a Heart
To call this ambitious is to break new frontiers in understatement… his prose is cadenced, vivid and crackling with telling details * Guardian *

Dr Gavin Francis is a GP and urgent care physician with a special interest in mental health. He is the bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being, Shapeshifters, and Intensive Care. He writes about health and medicine for The Guardian, London Review of Books, and The Times, among others.

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