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1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OPRAHS BOOK CLUB PICK Sadness is your superpower In her new masterpiece the author of the bestselling phenomenon Quiet explores the power of thebittersweetpersonality revealing a misunderstood side of mental health and creativity while offering a roadmap to facing grief in order to live life to the fullest
Bittersweet grabs you by the heart and doesnt let goBREN BROWN author of Atlas of the Heart
Susan Cain has described and validated my existence once againGLENNON DOYLE author of Untamed
The perfect cure for toxic positivityADAM GRANT author of Think 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 deathbitter and sweetare forever paired
If youve 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 of mind
WithQuietSusan 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 dont 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 knowor will knowloss and suffering we can turn toward one another
At a time of profound discord and personal anxietyBittersweetbrings us together in deep and unexpected ways
Includes a downloadable PDF containing a Bittersweet quiz from the book
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