Key Selling Points

• This book explores loneliness and the lessons we can learn about how it can bring people together.
• Loneliness is a global phenomenon that affects people young and old. In the UK (2019) and Japan (2020) governments appointed ministers of loneliness to tackle the problem in their respective countries.
• The COVID-19 pandemic school closures, lockdowns and social-distancing rules took a toll on youth mental health and put their loneliness and isolation in the spotlight.
• Author Petti Fong is the host and researcher of the Alone Together podcast. It was launched during the pandemic and features interviews with more than 200 people around the world with expertise on and insight into loneliness. The show has been heard in more than 30 countries and downloaded by hundreds of thousands of listeners.