Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain

Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

Susan Cain

384 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction psychology self help emotional reflective medium-paced

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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 infli...

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reflective 84%
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