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  • Published: 6 July 1990
  • ISBN: 9780099727408
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $29.99

The Road Less Travelled

A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth




The ten million copy New York Times bestseller that revolutionised the genre of the self-help book and established M. Scott Peck as a leader in the field of self-development.

Confronting and solving problems is a painful process which most of us attempt to avoid. And the very avoidance results in greater pain and an inability to grow both mentally and spiritually.

Drawing heavily on his own professional experience, leading psychiatrist Dr M. Scott Peck suggests ways in which facing our difficulties - and suffering through the changes - can enable us to reach a higher level of self-understanding. He discusses the nature of loving relationships: how to recognise true compatibility, how to distinguish dependency from love, how to become one's own person, and how to be a more sensitive parent. This is the bestselling self-help book that will change the way you live, and love, for good.

  • Published: 6 July 1990
  • ISBN: 9780099727408
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $29.99

About the author

M. Scott Peck

A graduate of both Harvard University and Case Western Reserve, Dr Peck served in the Army Medical Corps from 1963 to 1972 and had a private practice in psychiatry from 1972 to 1983. He also devoted much of his time and financial resources to the work of the Foundation for Community Encouragement, a nonprofit organization which he and his wife, Lily, helped found in 1984. His bestselling books include The Road Less Travelled and Beyond, A World Waiting to Be Born, and What Return Can I Make? Dr Peck died in 2005.

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Praise for The Road Less Travelled

A brilliant self-help book, which I found genuinely inspiring... I love this book, it's my spiritual refuge and I'm certain everyone will find something to console them within these pages

Boy George, Sunday Express

Magnificent... This is not just a book but a spontaneous act of generosity written by an author who leans towards the reader for the purpose of sharing something larger than himself

Washington Post

The granddaddy of self-help manuals and among the wiser of them

The Times

Sound advice on how to build a happy life

Daily Mail