5" x 8" (12.7 x 20.32 cm) | Black & White on Cream paper | 186 pages | Poor House, The | ISBN 978-0-578-65997-8

SIGNED PAPERBACK comes with Black & White NUMBERED ILLUSTRATION PRINT from the accompanying ILLUSTRATED FABLE and a 4-Pack of CRAYONS. Additional Numbered Illustration Prints are available for purchase separately.

As SELF-PROCLAIMED “RETIRED NOVELIST” ELIJAH MALLICK approaches thirty, he desperately emerges from his retirement in hopes of curing his anxiety by writing A Self-Help Book About Anxiety. Not surprisingly, like a panic attack itself, the book spirals quickly out of control into not only an exploration of anxiety, but of its root causes, coping mechanisms, accompanying consequences, relationships, modern dating, and identity, which forms a humorous and heartbreaking look at existence as a whole.

All this paired with the simple illustrated fable AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ORCHARD, which serves as a palate cleanser that reminds us to not only chase our dreams – gently, peacefully – but also to take it all in and ENJOY.