The School of Life

An Emotional Education

By: Alain de Botton, The School of Life (PRH Rights)

Narrated by: Alain de Botton, Charlie Anson

Brought to you by Penguin.

*Introduction narrated by Alain de Botton*
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

The essential guide to how to live wisely and well in the twenty-first century - from Alain de Botton, the bestselling author of The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel and The Course of Love

This is an audiobook 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.

This audiobook brings together ten years of essential and transformative research on emotional intelligence, with practical topics including:

- how to understand yourself
- how to master the dilemmas of relationships
- how to become more effective at work
- how to endure failure
- how to grow more serene and resilient

'What he has managed to do is remarkable: to help us think better so that we may live better lives' Irish Times

'A serious and optimistic set of practical ideas that could improve and alter the way we live' Jeanette Winterson, The Times

'Alain de Botton likes to take big, complex subjects and write about them with thoughtful and deceptive innocence' Observer

© Alain de Botton 2019 (P) Penguin Audio 2019

Critic reviews

[Alain] de Botton's injunction to understand ourselves could not matter more.

It is an amazing book. Beautifully written . . . a beautiful book that you should have in your home

awesome! life-changing

quite harsh but bittersweet pill to take. lots of moments of shocking realizations and reflections. thanks a lot!

Simply amazing! I wish I read it years ago

Tectonic truth about us - humans is told in this book. Insightful. Very good narration. Easy to listen. Many
Things to think about

Best thing I’ve read since becoming an adult

I am astonishingly richer in my ways of thinking about #humanlife and better for it from the hours I spent completing #TheSchoolOfLife audio book. My life is so richer for it! Restored to a familiar level of appreciation.

Perfect

Life changing insights, easy to understand. A type of education not received in school, about how to treat life and our inner mental health. Brilliant.

Required listening

I loved this book. The content is very enlightening and the delivery entertaining. Highly recommended