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on April 26, 2017
I ordered this book because the blurb on line looked like something that would help me with my journey. I am a widow of 6 months, my husband passed of a fast heart attack. I too, found him in bed and administered CPR to no avail. While I identified with the steps of the author, I could not relate to her presentation. For many of us of limited resources,the journey is quite different. I do not know how I would have afforded to bring his body home from a vacation in Mexico, his graveside service was $12,000, which will be paid off in 10 years. I certainly cannot take a lot of time from work, or fall asleep at a meeting. I appreciate that she has worked hard, but her journey is not even close to what many of us have, we will loose our home, and our families cannot just come out for a month, we have to take care of our own children. Therapy is expensive. I would venture she did not have to worry about her family's health insurance, many of us do. My husband worked for a major retailer and his company cut off spouse/family insurance 24 hours after he died. I am hopeful that one day we will all have some peace, but most of us are a long way away...
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on May 18, 2017
I was really looking forward to reading this because it has been touted it as a must-read for anyone facing adversity. I was expecting guidance and information, and instead mostly got a narrative of Ms. Sandberg's recent tragic event. While I am not trying to downplay the event itself, it's the main topic of the book, not just an underlying theme. So it was more Ms Sandberg's memoir than informational read. Especially after multiple name drops and descriptions of elite, private events that only serve to distance herself further from her average reader, who is probably not a CEO or friends with the head of Tesla and cannot relate to these situations at all.

It also felt a bit forced, as there are pocketed rants about how "we" need to fix social injustices in the world, but with no offer of how to do so or her intended role. In each chapter she would randomly break from talking about her husband's death for a paragraph or two to discuss the underprivileged and those who have faced adversity that she herself admitted she would never understand, and to throw a few statistics in, none of which had much context or connection. These sections felt like she was trying to prove something to her reader, but I'm still wondering what. At any rate, they were by far the most interesting parts of the book, even if they felt like sections of a literature review one might submit in an intro psych class.
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on May 11, 2017
I believe the author was sincere in writing this book, however, I could have done with a lot less name-dropping. We, in the real world, do not have friends like Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk to put their collective arms around us to tell us everything will be ok. We don't all work for prestigious companies like Facebook, Google, and Yahoo. This book was a constant reminder that I did not grow up in an affluent environment with loving parents and siblings. The only relatable part of this book is the stress that came with dealing with the losses of friends in combat. The psychology references in the book were much appreciated but it read too much like a memoir. My first thought was that this reads as if it were a follow-up to "When Breath Becomes Air." The title of the book is deceiving as well. Nothing in the title suggests that this was written only for those who have lost significant others to early or sudden deaths. There were brief mentions about the resiliency of those afflicted by natural disasters, violence, and other means of adversity but only really focused on the deaths of family members. I was hoping for more with Adam Grant co-authoring as I really enjoyed "Originals." Fortunately is was a pretty easy read at only 178 pages so I don't feel too disappointed with the time I invested reading this.
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on May 12, 2017
I have not yet found one new, usable idea. Ill keep reading but I am bored and disappointed. ...... After reading more, I will report back. It is well written as one would expect from a woman in her position.
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