Sadness is your superpower. In her new masterpiece, the author of the bestselling phenomenon ‘Quiet’ explores the power of the bittersweet personality. Revealing a misunderstood side of mental health & creativity while offering a roadmap to facing grief in order to live life.
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 death—bitter and sweet—are forever paired.
If you’ve ever wondered why you like sad music. If you find comfort or inspiration in a rainy day. Also if you react intensely to music, art, nature, and beauty….. Then you probably identify with the bittersweet state of mind.
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With ‘Quiet’, Susan 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. Also If we don’t acknowledge our own heartache, we can end up inflicting it on others via abuse, domination, or neglect. But if we realize that all humans know or will know loss and suffering, we can turn toward one another.
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At a time of profound discord and personal anxiety, Bittersweet brings us together in deep and unexpected ways.
Add this New York Times Bestseller and Oprah’s Book Club Pick to your reading list now!