The School of Life

Alain de Botton is the author of Essays in Love, The Romantic Movement, Kiss and Tell, How Proust Can Change Your Life, The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel, Status Anxiety, The Architecture of Happiness, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, A Week at the Airport, Religion for Atheists, The News: A User's Manual, and The Course of Love among many others. Alain is a bestselling author in 30 countries. He lives in London, where he runs The School of Life and Living Architecture.

This is a book about everything you were never taught at school. It's about how to understand your emotions, find and sustain love, succeed in your career, fail well and overcome shame and guilt. It's also about letting go of the myth of a perfect life in order to achieve genuine emotional maturity. Written in a hugely accessible, warm and humane style, The School of Life is the ultimate guide to the emotionally fulfilled lives we all long for - and deserve. 'A brilliant book' Steve Wright, BBC Radio 2 'Very enlightening, very eloquent' Elizabeth Day, How to Fail 'I've been a huge fan of his work for years... [The School of Life] is an incredible resource of inspiration and I always learn something new' Emma Gannon, Ctrl Alt Delete 'There's a refreshing honesty in what de Botton has to say' Guardian 'His gift is to prompt us to think about how we live and how we might change things' The Times 'Amazing. Alain de Botton talks about sophisticated things in simple but not simplistic ways. A beautiful book that you should have in your home' Chris Evans.