The next time life throws you a curve ball, forget the pills. Dose yourself with literature instead! This unique little anthology of more than one hundred short excerpts from classic novels and other famous writings offers a quick fix for life's aches and pains - or at least some literary perspective! Trying to wean your family off watching TV during dinnertime? Read a passage from Thomas Moore's Utopia, stat! Worried your love affair isn't as passionate as your expectations? A few lines from L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Avonlea will ease your symptoms. Never have enough time to get everything done? A dose of Lewis Carroll will cure what ails you. (Warning: Side effects may include laughter and an overwhelming urge to reread classic novels.)