<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div dir="" data-setdir="true" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif; letter-spacing: -0.32px;">O</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif; letter-spacing: -0.02em;">ur book for September is </span><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif; letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><i>The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, & Healing in a Toxic Culture</i> by Gabor Maté. </span><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif; letter-spacing: -0.02em;">The discussion will take place on Saturday, September 20 at 2:30 pm at the Wilson Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library, located at 303 Washington Ave., New Haven.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.32px; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.32px; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif;"><div style="text-align: center;" dir="" data-setdir="true"><img title="Inline image" alt="Inline image" src="cid:7a8300d5-a50e-0b4f-fd55-379c485d08a2@yahoo.com" class="yahoo-inline-image" draggable="false" style="letter-spacing: -0.32px; max-width: 400px; width: 50%;" data-id="<7a8300d5-a50e-0b4f-fd55-379c485d08a2@yahoo.com>"></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.32px; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="ydp2079b606yiv7824625029ydpf17e169byiv4629197463ydp85a08b59img-preview-wrapper" style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;">From Amazon:</span></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.32px; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div>In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how, in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high blood pressure. In Europe, hypertension is diagnosed in more than 30 percent of the population. And everywhere, adolescent mental illness is on the rise. So what is really “normal” when it comes to health?</div><div><br></div><div>Over four decades of clinical experience, Maté has come to recognize the prevailing understanding of “normal” as false, neglecting the roles that trauma and stress, and the pressures of modern-day living, exert on our bodies and our minds at the expense of good health. For all our expertise and technological sophistication, Western medicine often fails to treat the whole person, ignoring how today’s culture stresses the body, burdens the immune system, and undermines emotional balance.</div><div><br></div><div>"An important, insightful book explaining how society became a vortex of mental illness and offering possible remedies." – Kirkus Reviews</div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;">Hope to see you on the 20th,</span></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.32px; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><div dir="ltr">Kevin (& Paula)</div><div><br style="letter-spacing: -0.32px;"></div></span></div></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>