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You’re Not Listening

Kate Murphy

Harvill Secker, $40

Ever get the feeling that in this #lookatme world, where most people seem to have at least one mobile phone, two email addresses and three social media accounts, everyone is shouting from the rooftops but no one is listening?

Even worse, according to author Kate Murphy, our unfettered access to digital communications means that not only are we not listening to each other – we’ve actually forgotten how.

In this illuminating and often funny book, Kate explains what not listening