Lonely
Learning to Live with Solitude
A brave and revealing examination of an overlooked affliction that affects one in four Canadians.
Despite having a demanding job, good friends, and a supportive family, Emily White spent many of her nights and weekends alone at home, trying to understand why she felt so disconnected from everyone. To keep up the façade of an active social life and hide the painful truth, that she was suffering from severe loneliness, the successful young lawyer often lied to those around her — and to herself.
In this insightful, soul-baring, and illuminating memoir, White chronicles her battle to understand and overcome this debilitating condition, and contends that chronic loneliness deserves the same attention as other mental difficulties, such as depression. "Right now, loneliness is…
EMILY WHITE is a research lawyer, university instructor, and freelance writer. Her award-winning fiction and non-fiction has appeared in The Guardian, Elle (UK), The Huffington Post, Adbusters, The Ecologist, Chatelaine, and The Journey Prize Stories. A native Torontonian, she lived for several years in St. John's, Newfoundland, and currently lives in Toronto.