{"product_id":"9781529329254","title":"The Lonely Century : Coming Together in a World that's Pulling Apart","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Hertz, Noreena, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 10\/09\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 416 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Sceptre,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Popular psychology\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529329254\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"strike\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescription:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eA hopeful and empowering vision for how to reconnect with each other and heal our divides. Even before a global pandemic introduced us to terms like social distancing, loneliness was already becoming the defining condition of the twenty-first century. But it's also one we have the power to reverse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining a decade of research with first-hand reporting, Noreena Hertz takes us from a 'how to communicate in real life' class for smartphone-addicted university students to bouncy castles at Belgian far-right gatherings, from 'renting a friend' and paying for cuddles in the U.S. to nursing home residents knitting bonnets for their robot caregivers in Japan.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003ePacked with bold solutions that we can apply at home, at work and in our neighbourhoods, and with a clear vision for what businesses and governments must do, she explores how our increasing dependence on technology, radical changes to the workplace and decades of policies that have placed self-interest above the collective good, are making us more isolated than ever before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNoreena Hertz helps us to understand why this is the lonely century, how we got here and what each of us can do to help reduce loneliness for ourselves and our communities.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36229175148697,"sku":"9781529329254","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781529329254.jpg?v=1604866177","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781529329254","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}