Painful Truth: The new science of why we hurt and how we can heal

The Painful Truth by Dr. Monty Lyman is a remarkable book that explores cutting-edge research, encompassing phantom aches to persistent pain, and interviews with survivors of torture. It provides hope for reducing and managing pain and takes us to a deeper understanding of what it means to be human.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 15 July 2021
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd

Extraordinary stories... A remarkable book

- Sunday Times

An enthralling read

- Dr Rachel Clarke, bestselling author of Dear Life

A Royal Society Science Prize short-listed author

We know pain when we feel it. We fear it and try to avoid it. But do we know what it really is?

We are currently experiencing a Renaissance in pain science. In recent years, our understanding of pain has altered so radically that it is fair to say that everything we thought we knew about pain is wrong. As Dr Monty Lyman reveals, we misunderstand pain – with harmful consequences.

The Painful Truth explores cutting-edge research, encompassing phantom aches to persistent pain, and including interviews with survivors of torture as well as those who have never felt pain. It not only provides hope for reducing and managing pain, but takes us to a deeper understanding of what it means to be human.

This is the untold story of pain – our most elusive feeling.

A compelling mix of science and anecdote.

- Nature

Takes us into the world of pain and how it has been misunderstood for centuries

- Mail on Sunday

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Praise for Monty Lyman and The Remarkable Life of the Skin

- Seriously entertaining

The Times

- Beautifully written, revealing and surprising

Daily Mail

- Imaginatively told

The Spectator

- An absorbing, fact-packed study

Nature

- What a read it is

Vogue

- Fascinating

Daily Express

Weight: 504g
Dimension: 165 x 241 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781787632400