Akshi Singh
In Defence of Leisure : Experiments in Living with Marion Milner...
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We all want more free time. But do we know how to use it?Illuminating and thoughtprovoking Darian LeaderI feel renewed and accompanied by Singhs tender selfexplorations and insights Amy KeyThe celebrated psychoanalyst Marion Milner lived for the entirety of the twentieth century. By the age of ninetyeight she had written nine books revealing how free time and creativity are vital for a fulfilled life.Akshi Singh was born ninety years after Milner, in Rajasthan, over four thousand miles away from where Milner lived and worked. At first glance, the worlds of these two women seem entirely separate. Yet when Singh found herself standing at a crossroads in her life and grieving personal loss, she realised the questions and preoccupations Milner was exploring were her own.In Defence of Leisure presents Marion Milner as a writer for our times. In asking the simple question how do I want to spend my free time? Milner developed a method for discovering her true likes and dislikes. As Singh follows Milners approach from keeping a diary to painting, building a home to travelling to the sea she discovers the importance of rest, creativity and play in all of our lives, and how it can open the door to achieving what we truly desire.An exquisite, openhearted celebration of desire, friendship and lives imaginatively lived Marianne BrookerAstounding, generous, and quietly exhilarating Daisy LaFargeSinghs verve and intelligence radiate from every page Hannah Zeavin
Binding: Hardcover;256 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: BG; Weight: 484 g; Dimensions: 144 x 224 x 26
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We all want more free time. But do we know how to use it?Illuminating and thoughtprovoking Darian LeaderI feel renewed and accompanied by Singhs tender selfexplorations and insights Amy KeyThe celebrated psychoanalyst Marion Milner lived for the entirety of the twentieth century. By the age of ninetyeight she had written nine books revealing how free time and creativity are vital for a fulfilled life.Akshi Singh was born ninety years after Milner, in Rajasthan, over four thousand miles away from where Milner lived and worked. At first glance, the worlds of these two women seem entirely separate. Yet when Singh found herself standing at a crossroads in her life and grieving personal loss, she realised the questions and preoccupations Milner was exploring were her own.In Defence of Leisure presents Marion Milner as a writer for our times. In asking the simple question how do I want to spend my free time? Milner developed a method for discovering her true likes and dislikes. As Singh follows Milners approach from keeping a diary to painting, building a home to travelling to the sea she discovers the importance of rest, creativity and play in all of our lives, and how it can open the door to achieving what we truly desire.An exquisite, openhearted celebration of desire, friendship and lives imaginatively lived Marianne BrookerAstounding, generous, and quietly exhilarating Daisy LaFargeSinghs verve and intelligence radiate from every page Hannah Zeavin
Binding: Hardcover;256 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: BG; Weight: 484 g; Dimensions: 144 x 224 x 26
Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back. When you purchase Debenhams Deliver+, you will have an extra 14 days on top of our standard 21-day window to initate a return.
Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.
Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
Click here to view our full Returns Policy.
Akshi Singh
In Defence of Leisure : Experiments in Living with Marion Milner...
“Refund was approved and back in my account the same day.” - Deliver+ customer
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