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Here's the Bright Side: Of Failure, Fear, Cancer, Divorce, and Other Bum Raps

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If you have a friend who is struggling through an illness or a challenge of any kind, this book is bound to help. It is an honest and informed presentation of the bright side of these "bum raps".

This lovely book is the latest creation by a woman who has always spoken intimately about things few people discuss. In the supposedly liberated seventies, people whispered the word "cancer" and few even mentioned breast cancer. By writing the intimate and informative First, You Cry, she changed the way we discussed this killer of women. She also spoke about her mother's death in Last Wish, once again breaking barriers by writing about end of life choices. In Here's The Bright Side, she explores post-traumatic growth and shares the latest findings on how we are stronger and, yes, happier after life's bum raps, as she calls them. And, being a journalist, she backs up her insights with studies on post-traumatic growth and other facet of suffering few discuss.

This book is sure to make you smile and look at your life with joy in your heart.

And, for everyone who reads this and thinks...oh, she must be a friend of the author. Ms. Rollin and I only share and upcoming interview. And we both find ourselves happier and somehow grateful for the bum raps we are surviving.

good reading for anyone.......excellant snippets to keep in mind when going through life's trials and tribulations.

It's the optimistic side of life. It's not a story. They are experiences that everyone may has live or may will live. But, they are the bright side of them!
Very good.

A light reading suitable as a gift for female cancer patients and divorcees. The writing is good. However, too much emphasis is placed on the benefits or positive changes (primarily matters of perspective) whilst too little is said about the tough fight. It could have been more touching and motivational, IMHO.

If you have run into some tough luck and you have nothing else to turn to but this book, then I'm glad it is here for you. This book is fine for what it sets out to do, but I think it is better to live so you know you will ride out tough times. Betty Rollin said, "I woke up one morning and realized I was happy. This struck me as weird." I'm glad things worked out for Betty Rollin, but I don't want to be surprised I'm happy. I recommend Achieve Lasting Happiness to be happy without being surprised by it. I'm not only happier, but more at peace, calmer.