Yahoo Lifestyle ‘Severance’ Self-Help Book ‘The You You Are’ Available to Download
“The You You Are,” the revolutionary self-help book in “Severance” that motivates the innies to liberate themselves from the confines of Lumon, is now available for your outie to read.
Eight chapters of “The You You Are” — penned by Dr. Ricken Lazlo Hale, PhD — have been released digitally via Apple Books. (Apple TV+ distributes the sci-fi workplace thriller.) Claim your free download here.
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Ricken actor Michael Chernus narrates an audiobook version of “The You You Are,” which Apple promises will guide “You on a brave journey of self-learnedness.”
“Fertile with mind-engorging insights, ‘The You You Are’ is an invitation to merge with your true ‘You,’ and expel from your essence the dead-eyed conventionalism that has defined your life since infancy,” the description reads.
Among the chapter titles: “Name, Name, Go Away,” “Good God?,” “A Coitus Among Us,” “Destiny, An Acrostic Poem Experience by the Author, Ricken Hale,” “Wait, What Was That?” and “Wounds Unhealed.” The e-book begins with a note from the author.
“Severance” follows a group of employees at the mysterious Lumon Industries who undergo an experimental “severance” procedure, which creates a barrier between their work lives and home lives. When they go into work, they have no memory or knowledge of their lives outside of the office, and vice versa. In the outside world, “The You You Are” is viewed as a ridiculous exercise in self-indulgence. But after the book is smuggled into the office, it becomes a pivotal text for the employees on their journey toward self-actualization.
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