The Sunday Times bestseller about the secret power of recovery, exploring why we heal and how to do it better. In the throes of recovery—whether from a broken leg, a viral infection, a chronic ailment, or the crisis of depression or anxiety—convalescence can feel like an inconvenience, an obstacle to overcome on your way to wholeness. Yet this approach often ends up hindering the healing process. What we fail to realize is that recovery is far from passive, but is an act that can transform and strengthen us from the inside out—if only we choose to invest in it our time, energy, and participation. Recovery invites us to reimagine how and why we get better. Drawing on thirty years of medical training and practice, and on insights from practitioners, psychologists, and writers across history, physician Gavin Francis delivers a profound, practical, and deeply hopeful guide to the healing process. Rejecting the idea that recovery is something that “just happens," this book offers tools and wisdom for embracing convalescence as a potentially enriching experience, showing how our environments, personal investments, and perspective can help us move through the landscape of illness – and make sense of a journey we may not have intended to make. | Recovery by Gavin Francis, Paper over Board | Indigo Chapters