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Bittersweet : how sorrow and longing make us whole / Susan Cain.

By: Cain, Susan [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Viking, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: xxxiv, 310 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780241300688; 0241300681; 9780241300664; 0241300665Subject(s): Melancholy | Grief | DesireDDC classification: 152.4 Summary: An uplifting and mind-shifting new book on the surprising power of being "bittersweet", by the author of the megaselling phenomenon QUIET In this inspiring masterpiece, bestselling author Susan Cain shows the power of the "bittersweet" -- the outlook that values the experiences of loss and pain, which can lead to growth and beauty. Understanding bittersweetness can change the way we work, the way we create and the way we love. Each chapter helps us navigate an issue that define our lives, from love to death and from authenticity to creativity. Using examples ranging from music and cinema to parenting and business, as well as her own life and the latest academic research, she shows how understanding bittersweetness will allow us, in a flawed world, to accept the loss of past identities; to fully embrace the loves we have; and to weather life's transitions.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
wnor- Book	Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction	152 .4 CAI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31111084151412

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Previous	150 KAL Introduction to psychology / Psychology	150 SIM Simply Psychology Psychology Psychology - Popular works	152 .33 MAT Curious habits : why we do what we do and how to change / Self-consciousness (Awareness) Adaptability (Psychology) Self-realization. Happiness. Curiosity. Habit. Self-actualization (Psychology) Change (Psychology) Motivation (Psychology) Behavior modification.	152 .4 CAI Bittersweet : how sorrow and longing make us whole / Melancholy. Grief. Desire.	152 .47 BYR Women of a Certain Rage Anger Women - Psychology	152.148 ART The art of the illusion : deceptions to challenge the eye and the mind / Optical illusions. Visual perception.	152.148 EST Mighty optical illusions : more than 200 images to fascinate, confuse, intrigue, and amaze / Optical illusions.	Next

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An uplifting and mind-shifting new book on the surprising power of being "bittersweet", by the author of the megaselling phenomenon QUIET In this inspiring masterpiece, bestselling author Susan Cain shows the power of the "bittersweet" -- the outlook that values the experiences of loss and pain, which can lead to growth and beauty. Understanding bittersweetness can change the way we work, the way we create and the way we love. Each chapter helps us navigate an issue that define our lives, from love to death and from authenticity to creativity. Using examples ranging from music and cinema to parenting and business, as well as her own life and the latest academic research, she shows how understanding bittersweetness will allow us, in a flawed world, to accept the loss of past identities; to fully embrace the loves we have; and to weather life's transitions.

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