"I believe we need to be making, especially in mainstream psychology, there needs to be a distinction between melancholy and depression," she says. "My mother and i went through like a very, very extreme version of what often happens when children grow up and separate from their parents", writes Susan Bamberger-Bourdain. The most moving parts of her book were the parts about her own personal journey.
Are you elevated by sad songs? Have you ever been brought to tears by a TV commercial? Do you relish rainy days? If you answered yes to any of those questions, then you know the power of the bittersweet. Yet chances are there have been times when you’ve struggled to square your melancholic disposition with our culture of counterfeit cheer. Well, you won’t feel that way after you’ve heard Susan Cain discuss her new book, “Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole.” She argues that longing, sorrow, and grief are the wellsprings of connection, creativity, and hope.
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