The Power of self-help

Marianne Power has read all the selfhelp books so you don’t have to. And now she has written a book about her journey (sorry). Feeling stuck in a rut she decided to road test one self-help book a month for a year, following the advice to the letter. Surely by the end of the year she would be… perfect? Both funny and moving Marianne’s story will resonate with anyone who’s ever dreamed of finding happiness. Help Me! One Woman’s Quest to Find Out if Self-help Really Can Change Her Life by Marianne Power is

published by Picador on 6 September

at £14.99.