In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

Gabor Maté

480 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction health psychology science challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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He would probably dispute it, but Gabor Maté is something of a compassion machine. Diligently treating the drug addicts of Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside with sympathy in his heart and legislative reform in mind can't be easy. But Maté ne...

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informative 89%
challenging 70%
reflective 57%
emotional 50%
dark 32%
sad 32%
inspiring 26%
hopeful 21%
tense 3%

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slow 43%
fast 1%

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