BITTERSWEET

Ill place Bittersweet in the hands of all my feely achy beautiful friendsSusan Cains Bittersweet grabs you by the heart and doesnt let goThis is the rare book that doesnt just open your eyes it touches your heart and sings to your soulThis book is an absolute triumph: its for anyone who has ever really lived loved or lostAn amazing and profound book . . . every single person should read itAN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICKTHE 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER QUIET: THE POWER OF INTROVERTS IN A WORLD THAT CANT STOP TALKINGAmazing and profound . . . every single person should read it Johann HariMoving and eloquent Sunday TimesWhether you long for the partner who broke up with you or the one you dream of meeting: whether you hunger for the happy childhood youll 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...In this inspiring and genrebending work Susan Cain author of the international bestseller Quiet 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.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.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.GB