Bittersweet by Susan Cain

Bittersweet by Susan Cain

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Sadness is a superpower. In her new masterpiece, the author of the bestselling phenomenon Quiet reveals the power of a bittersweet outlook on life, and why we've been so blind to its value.

Bittersweet grabs you by the heart and doesn't let go.--BREN BROWN, author of Atlas of the Heart
Susan Cain has described and validated my existence once again --GLENNON DOYLE, author of Untamed
A sparkling ode to the beauty of the human condition.--ADAM GRANT, author of Think Again

ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022--Oprah Daily, BookPage

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 . . .
If you react intensely to music, art, nature, and beauty . . .

Then you probably identify with the bitter­sweet state of mind.

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. If we don't acknowledge our own heartache, she says, 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.

At a time of profound discord and personal anxiety, Bittersweet brings us together in deep and unexpected ways.

SUSAN CAIN is the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestsellerQUIET: The Power of Introverts in A World That Can't Stop Talking, which is being translated into over thirty languages and was named the #1 best book of the year by Fast Company magazine. Cain's book was the subject of a TIME magazine cover story, and her writing has appeared in the The New York Times; The Atlantic; The Wall Street Journal; O, The Oprah Magazine; Salon.com;Time.com; PsychologyToday.com, and other publications. Cain has also spoken at Microsoft, Google, the U.S. Treasury, and West Point. Her record-smashing TED talk has been viewed over 4 million times, and was named by Bill Gates as one of his all-time favorite talks.
She has appeared on national broadcast television and radio including CBS This Morning, NPR's All Things Considered, NPR's Diane Rehm, and her work has been featured in The New Yorker, Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, Wired, Fast Company, Real Simple, Fortune, Forbes, PEOPLE, Scientific American, USA Today, The Washington Post, CNN, Slate.com, and many other publications. She is an honors graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law School. She lives in the Hudson River Valley with her husband and two sons. You can visit her at www.thepowerofintroverts.com., and follow her on twitter (@susancain).

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ISBN 13	9780593559574
ISBN 10	0593559576
Title	Bittersweet
Author	Susan Cain
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Diversified Publishing
Year published	2022-05-10
Number of pages	432
Prizes	Long-listed for Porchlight Business Book Awards - Big Ideas and New Perspectives 2022
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.