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The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Desmond Tutu, Dalai Lama XIV, Douglas Carlton Abrams

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pat_walsh_19's review

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hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

brendalovesbooks's review

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4.0

Really good. A lot of it maybe seems like it's nothing new or earth shattering, but it's really good to have a reminder about how to be joyful. I enjoyed it, and may read it again in the future.

This is one of the few books that I’ve loved every single chapter of. I think this book could easily help almost anyone willing to read it and listen. It has helped me view death/mortality in a healthier way and has helped me recently a lot in the past month or so.

I was laughing, giggling, and crying all over the place.—in a good way. I’m going to buy a few copies for friends and family in hopes that they love it as much as I have.

suvata's review

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4.0

I have read almost all of the Dalai Lama's books and I always feel so peaceful afterwards -- full of joy. ☸️✝️ This book was truly a blessing.

abhanana's review

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

paintedgiraffe's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

cngandu's review

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5.0

This book truly captured what joy truly means and I have had it totally wrong my whole life. Really happy to have stumbled upon this book at the point in my life that I did

waterbear0821's review against another edition

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5.0

For the last few weeks, this book has showed up all over my life. I’ll read a quote to my partner or a friend. I’ll share an idea with my boss. I had a discussion with a faith leader about it. I don’t like saying “this book changed my life,” but it gave me so much to think about and talk about and act on in my own life that it surely did. Going into this book, I knew very little about Archbishop Desmond Tutu. But I now want to read everything he’s ever written. Ever wrote. This book gave me new tools to relate to others and to find joy. That’s pretty life changing, I think.