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Bittersweet

How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

Susan Cain

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Description

Bittersweet (2022) is a profound meditation on an often overlooked emotional experience – the bittersweet. It argues that opening up to the bittersweet, where pain and joy mingle, allows us to experience life to the fullest. It also shows how vulnerability can be a strength, longing can be a guide, and sorrow can set us on the path to joy and fulfillment. 

Who Should Listen

  • Anyone who finds pleasure in sad songs and tear-jerker movies
  • People who’ve experienced loss or trauma and want to find a way back to joy
  • Lovers of the ephemeral, the impermanent, and the fleeting

About the Authors

Susan Cain is a writer and lecturer whose TED Talk on the power of introverts has been viewed over 40 million times. Her follow-up book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, has sold over 2 million copies and been translated into 30 languages.