About the book
It argues that melancholy and longing are sources of creativity and meaning.
A #1 New York Times bestseller, it was an Oprah's Book Club selection.
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Psychology, Philosophy & Personal Development
Bittersweet
How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
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Published by
Crown (Penguin Random House)
Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole is a work of nonfiction by the author Susan Cain, published by Crown in April 2022.
- Published
- 2022
- Pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
After championing introverts in Quiet, Susan Cain turns to another undervalued disposition: the bittersweet temperament, that tendency toward melancholy, longing and a keen awareness of impermanence.
In Bittersweet she argues that sorrow and yearning are not weaknesses to be fixed but sources of creativity, connection and meaning - the wellspring of our most moving music, art and acts of love.
Drawing on psychology, poetry and her own life, Cain makes the case that a culture obsessed with relentless positivity has lost something vital. intendle recommends it for anyone who feels the poignancy of things and has been told to cheer up; here is a book that honors the tender, minor key. A #1 New York Times bestseller and an Oprah's Book Club pick, it is consoling without being saccharine.
It gives permission to feel the full range of human emotion - and finds beauty precisely in the ache.
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Pages
352
Published
2022
Crown (Penguin Random House)
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Format
Hardcover
First edition
Language
English
Psychology, Philosophy & Personal Development
ISBN
978-0451499783
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