Tormented Hope
Nine hypochondriac lives
Health Psychology
Non-Fiction
Published by Penguin Ireland
Shortlist
2009
Going back in history, Dillon looks at nine prominent hypochondriacs, including; Charlotte Brontë, Charles Darwin and Florence Nightingale.
His findings are stimulating and surprising, as he looks at what their lives tell us about the way the mind works, with and against the body.
