Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America by Barbara Ehrenreich

Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America

Barbara Ehrenreich

256 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction politics psychology sociology emotional informative reflective fast-paced

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Barbara Ehrenreich's Bright-sided is a sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realismAmericans are a "positive" people—cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: this is our reputat...

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