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

by Betty Rollin

Book Overview

The New York Times bestselling author of First, You Cry pens an inspiring, candid, and funny book about the surprising benefits that come from some of life's worst assaults, and how the worst can lead... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1400065658
• ISBN13: 9781400065653
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 109 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Optimistic, enjoyful

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.

thought provoking

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

Engaging and meaningful! A perfect gift.

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.