The Serious Side of Workbooks
So the other day Tarja and I are perusing the shelves at the Stockmann bookstore with Harri. Right as we're about to leave we encounter the self help section. Of all the books from that day, I can only remember two:
...Emotional Vampires: People who suck you dry
and
...The Depression Workbook
Ok, ok. So the Emotional Vampire book is a niche covered by two different authoring groups. The second search result in Amazon has the better title, "Vampires: Emotional Predators Who Want to Suck the Life Out of You." The title speaks volumes. You know them. And you know who hard those people are to deal with. The title just stuck out in a sea of Finnish titles. And I found it funny.
None of us could stop giggling at the W O R K b o o k for the Depressed. I know it's a serious matter, but don't you think borderline individuals might find it more useful to speak to a real person? No wait, I'm confusing that with,"The Loneliness Workbook". No wonder the Finns think so many Americans are whack jobs. We write books for the lonely to work on individually.
posted by irene @ 7/29/2002 09:01:00 AM
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