'An intelligent, incisive exploration of the cures trotted out to treat the 21st century's most insidious malaise. And no, it's not all in your head.' - Meg Rosoff When Nick Duerden became ill with an all-too-common, if routinely misunderstood, viral condition, his doctor didn't know what to suggest. And so he was forced to plunge into the often bewildering, but increasingly blossoming, world of alternative therapy in pursuit of a cure. He visited energy practitioners and spiritual gurus, and learned yoga, meditation and how to manage the new anxieties his poor health had brought rushing to the surface. Get Well Soon is a memoir that focuses on the journey all of us at some point will have to make: the abrupt obligation to start living better, wiser, healthier, and to be kinder to our minds and bodies. Honest, funny and ultimately optimistic, it's also about successfully negotiating long-term illness while still leading a hectic modern life, because hectic modern lives rarely pause for breath. But we can.

A fascinating and moving story of one man's attempts to regain his health and vitality. I enjoyed the love and resilience that underpin the struggles and searching. * Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of Love *
Engaging, entertaining, thoughtful, and moving, and goes a long way to demystifying the enigma it explores. * British Journal of General Practice *
This book will appeal to anyone with an interest in chronic fatigue - doctor, patient, or involved observer - whose opinions on this most puzzling of conditions are not already fixed. * British Journal of General Practice *
Get Well Soon is a wise and tender, necessary book, filled with a truth born of searing experience. * A.L. Kennedy *
An intelligent, incisive exploration of the cures trotted out to treat the 21st century's most insidious malaise. And no, it's not all in your head. * Meg Rosoff *
[an] enjoyable new memoir * The Scotsman *
Journalist Nick Duerden investigates alternative therapies to treat a misunderstood condition. * Mail on Sunday *
After a debilitating viral illness, journalist Nick Duerden developed severe chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and found, like so many others, that modern medicine has little to offer in terms of a cure. He decided to explore the possibilities of alternative medicine. * Tablet *

Nick Duerden is a writer and freelance journalist. He is the author of two novels and a memoir on fatherhood and has appeared on BBC Radio 4 and 5 and Sky News. He has written widely on the arts, travel and health. He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.