irvin yalom 2 books collection set (becoming myself [hardcover] and love's executioner)  <b>please note that the following individual books as per original isbn and cover image in this listing shall be dispatched collectively:</b> <br> <br> <b>irvin yalom 2 books collection set:</b> <br> <br> <b>becoming myself:</b> <br> irvin d. yalom has made a career of investigating the lives of others. in becoming myself, his long-awaited memoir, he turns his therapeutic eye on himself, delving into the relationships that shaped him and the groundbreaking work that made him famous.the first-generation child of immigrant russian jews, yalom grew up in a lower-class neighbourhood in washington dc. determined to escape its confines, he set his sights on becoming a doctor. <br> <br> <b>love's executioner:</b> <br> in this engrossing book, irvin yalom gives detailed and deeply affecting accounts of his work with these and seven other patients. deep down, all of them were suffering from the basic human anxieties - isolation, fear of death or freedom, a sense of the meaninglessness of life - that none of us can escape completely. and yet, as the case histories make touchingly clear, it is only by facing such anxieties head on that we can hope to come to terms with them and develop.