Urban Worrier by Nick Thorpe - ISBN: 9780349120850
Paperback
Workaholic tries extreme ways to chill, finds life lessons instead.

Urban Worrier

Adventures in the Lost Art of Letting Go

  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    11 March 2013

Summary

Hunched exhausted at his computer one ordinary Monday morning, world-class workaholic Nick Thorpe has reached the end of his tether. Fearing for his health and family life, he knows something has to change. But where to start when trying too hard is part of the problem?

Nick makes a bold resolution: he will spend a year learning to let go. Beginning with a plunge off a Cornish cliff, he soon graduates to wing-walking on a bi-plane, city-centre clowning and a revealing weekend at a nat…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349120850
ISBN-10:0349120854
Author:Nick Thorpe
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Abacus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:11 March 2013
Weight:230g
Dimensions:131mm x 199mm x 19mm
About The Author

Nick Thorpe

Nick Thorpe is an award-winning journalist based in Edinburgh. He has worked for a range of publications, including the Scotsman, Guardian, Independent, Daily Telegraph, The Times, Sunday Times, Scotland on Sunday and the BBC World Service.

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