Know Your Neurosis: An Analysis of Frank Bruno’s It’s OK to Be Neurotic

Type :

Book review

Pages :

3 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

10/19/2007

Category :

Philosophy & literature

Sub category :

Literature

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Summary :

Introduction
The flow of the book
The presentation of It's OK to Be Neurotic
Bruno portrayal of neurotic individuals
Conclusion
Work cited

Abstract

I picked It's OK to Be neurotic: Using your Neuroses to your Advantage by frank bruno from the bottom row on the third book case in the self-help section at Barnes & Noble because the title on the spine was so obnoxiously bold and it was shelved at the wrong end of the alphabet. They say not to pick a book by a glamorous color, and I don't think you can get any less glamorous than plain old bold, white, block letter font in the family of Times New Roman. I am pleased to say my haphazard selection process proved fruitful in the end. It's OK to Be neurotic is exactly what it seems: an aide to being neurotic. That's right: a self-help book that is not trying to force upon its readers ten easy steps to changing their entire lives. As the author states, he does not want to "cure [the reader] of [his or her] neurosis," but instead "provide guidelines for living with [a] neurosis" (bruno 3). I honestly did not expect such a book to exist let alone prove successful, but frank bruno presents an honest case that is undeniably helpful to everyone, neurotic or not, even in the smallest of ways.