Tanith Carey

The rise and fall of agony aunts

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Tanith Carey

Tanith Carey is the author of books including Feeling 'Blah'?: Why Anhedonia Has Left You Joyless and Never Kiss a Man in a Canoe: Words of Wisdom from the Golden Age of Agony Aunts.

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