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Here’s the Bright Side: Of Failure, Fear, Cancer, Divorce, and Other Bum Raps Audiobook, by Betty Rollin Play Audiobook Sample

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

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Read By: Pam Ward Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 1.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 1.38 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: January 2006 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781481539418

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

14

Longest Chapter Length:

20:33 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

04:54 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

11:26 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

Here’s the Bright Side is a wise, moving, and funny book about what people gain from situations of loss. Using examples from her own life and from other people’s lives, Rollin inspires readers with stories that illustrate the value that can come from the hardest times in our lives and how the worst can lead to the best, resulting in happier, more powerful, richer ways of living.

Rollin writes both of lessons learned and happiness gained: about men, friends, power, and more. Rollin tells us about fair- and foul-weather friends, the usefulness of fear, the positive outcomes of failure, divorce, and widowhood and her own evolving joy as a cancer survivor.

Poignant, timely, and universal, Here’s the Bright Side is a unique and inspirational view of how life is often enriched by loss and how people find surprising light in darkness.

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“[Rollin] eschews Pollyanna-ish advice for personal examples and research findings on people who’ve endured tragedies, weather-related upheavals, and aging issues…Excellent.”

— Library Journal

Quotes

  • “Upbeat, humorous and reassuring…winningly brought to life thanks to Ward’s brisk, authoritative delivery…an ideal gift for anyone facing hardships.”

    — Publishers Weekly

Awards

  • Winner of the Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award

Here’s the Bright Side Listener Reviews

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  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5 Narration Rating: 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5 Story Rating: 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5

    " Cliché stuff we've already heard a million times before. "

    — Jalice, 1/7/2010
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5 Narration Rating: 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5 Story Rating: 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5

    " A short read with interesting research about the good people take from the lows in life. Mind you - the good comes AFTER the lows have passed. "

    — Diane, 1/29/2008
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    " This book read more like a compilation of magazine articles. Cancer survivors may find some benefit from the author's experience with breast cancer. There was nothing particularly revelatory or inspirational in Rollin's prose. "

    — Catherine, 11/28/2007
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    " I was disappointed in this book. It did not have any real depth. "

    — Mary, 6/22/2007

About Betty Rollin

Betty Rollin is a writer and an award-winning television journalist. She is the author of two bestsellers, First, You Cry and Last Wish. Formerly a correspondent for NBC News, she is now a contributing correspondent for Religion and Ethics Newsweekly on PBS.

About Pam Ward

Pam Ward, an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator, found her true calling reading books for the blind and physically handicapped for the Library of Congress’ Talking Books program. The fact that she can work with Blackstone Audio from the beauty of the mountains of Southern Oregon is an unexpected bonus.