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Wellmania
- Misadventures in the Search for Wellness
- Narrated by: Marla Jane Lynch
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Cold-pressed juices, paleo, hot yoga, colonics, mindfulness, silent retreats...does any of this stuff actually work? Feeling exhausted, anxious and out of shape, journalist Brigid Delaney decides to find out for herself. Travelling the world and starting with a brutal 101-day fast, she tries it all...figuring out what is helpful and what is just expensive hype.
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- Garry Fung
- 26-01-2020
What a life!
Super impressed with this book. It's a story of seeking - what can make us whole in the modern world.
And boy do we try! Brigid's journey through Sydney, Melbourne, London, and New York is just exhilarating. Makes me marvel at her intrepidness.
Her craft with words is obvious - she knows how to make things dance with humour, insight, personal experience, and broader perspective.
But this is an audio book as well. And the performance is an equal to the material. The narrator has the range to bring Brigid's life straight into your ears.
Chapter 24 was an eye opener for me. As an Aussie, I hear about Bali every second day - but I truly didn't know that it was the hub of a 'wellness' industry. I won't spoil it any further though. But it's worth the price of entry alone. Anecdotes for life.
Again - kudos to the narrator.
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- angela
- 16-04-2020
Good read, but not for a laugh
I bought this whilst scrolling through "Comedy" and whilst it does provide some amusement, it's not a side splitting read.
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- Carrin
- 22-01-2020
long and boring
struggled to finish this. Disorientating, as the book goes back in time and then forward and then back again, very hard to keep up with
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- raz
- 13-01-2018
An honest story full of charm and humour
Where does Wellmania rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
a topic I've known very little and I still know very little about it.
Who was your favorite character and why?
I enjoyed Brigid story is open, honest and full of funny stuff
Which scene did you most enjoy?
Brigid getting fired before Christmas, also her description of Bali
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- Lesa
- 03-07-2023
Same same but different
I liked the idea of exploring various wellness paths and with the recent interest in this story driven by Netflix it seemed appropriate to give it a shot . I enjoyed it more than the streaming adaptation site sure
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Christiana
- 24-01-2020
Not for me
Difficult to stick with this book. I got a couple of points out of it but it was a hard slog and maybe not worth the investment.
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- Anonymon
- 30-03-2023
Rubbish
What a load of rubbish. The trendy word toxin snd detox is so much bull.
I bet she paid a lot for this cruel ‘treatment’. Unbelievable!
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