Bittersweet How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

<p><b>AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK <p>THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER </b>-- <b>FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER <i>QUIET: THE POWER OF INTROVERTS IN A WORLD THAT CAN'T STOP TALKING</i></b> <p><b>"Amazing and profound . . . every single person should read it" Johann Hari</b> <p><b>"Moving and eloquent" <i>Sunday Times</i></b> <p><i>Whether you long for the partner who broke up with you, or the one you dream of meeting; whether you hunger for the happy childhood you'll never have, or for the divine; whether you yearn for a lost person, an unborn child, the fountain of youth, or unconditional love: These are all manifestations of the same great ache...</i> <p>In this inspiring and genre-bending work, Susan Cain - author of the international bestseller <i>Quiet</i> - shows us the power of a "bittersweet" outlook: the overlooked tendency to states of longing and poignancy, and a piercing joy at the beauty of the world. <p>Embracing the bittersweet means understanding that light and dark, birth and death - bitter and sweet - are forever paired, and that by recognising this we can find the true path to creativity and connection. <p>Bringing to light the ideas of artists, writers and thinkers from all over the world, and her own quest for answers over the course of a lifetime, Susan Cain fundamentally shifts our understanding of life by teaching us how to turn sorrow into an enriching superpower.</p>