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#1NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK The author of the bestselling phenomenonQuietexplores the power of the bittersweet personality, revealing a misunderstood side of mental health and creativity while offering a roadmap to facing heartbreak in order to live life to the fullest.

“Bittersweethas the power to transform the way you see your life and the world.”-OPRAH
“Grabs you by the heart and doesn’t let go.”-BREN BROWN, author ofAtlas of the Heart
“Susan Cain has described and validated my existence once again!”-GLENNON DOYLE, author ofUntamed
“The perfect cure for toxic positivity.”-ADAM GRANT, author ofThink Again

LONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR:The Wall Street Journal, Mashable

Bittersweetness is a tendency to states of longing, poignancy, and sorrow; an acute awareness of passing time; and a curiously piercing joy at the beauty of the world. It recognizes that light and dark, birth and death-bitter and sweet-are forever paired.

If you’ve ever wondered why you like sad music . . .
If you find comfort or inspiration in a rainy day . . .
If you react intensely to music, art, nature, and beauty . . .

Then you probably identify with the bittersweet state ofmind.

WithQuiet,Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us, thereby revealing an untapped power hidden in plain sight. Now she employs the same mix of research, storytelling, and memoir to explore why we experience sorrow and longing, and how embracing the bittersweetness at the heart of life is the true path to creativity, connection, and transcendence.

Cain shows how a bittersweet state of mind is the quiet force that helps us transcend our personal and collective pain, whether from a death or breakup, addiction or illness. If we don’t acknowledge our own heartache, she says, we can end up inflicting it on others via abuse, domination, or neglect. But if we realize that all humans know-or will know-loss and suffering, we can turn toward one another.

At a time of profound discord and personal anxiety,Bittersweetbrings us together in deep and unexpected ways.

DESCRIPTION :

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.

Bittersweet reveals that vulnerability and even melancholy can be strengths, and that embracing our inevitable losses makes us more human and more whole. This is a book for those who have felt a piercing joy at the beauty of the world; who react intensely to art and nature; and in a culture that celebrates toughness, who yearn for a wiser and more meaningful world. For bittersweetness is the hidden source of our love stories, moonshots and masterpieces.

PRODUCT DETAILS :

DIMENSION : 234 mm x 153 mm
WEIGHT : 425 g

PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Biography, Literature & Literary studies
Health, Relationships & Personal development
Society & Social Sciences