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Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
by Sheryl Sandberg
Awful events, and the grief that follows them, is a difficult subject to tackle. How to handle it, and how to get through it, is different for everyone. Once you're in the club of "I've got an awfully sad story in my personal history," you're in the club forever. Sheryl Sandberg is a club member herself, after her husband unexpectedly died while on holiday in Mexico.
I was skeptical that Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant would be able to explain to others how to get through it. Perhaps they haven't pulled it off entirely, but they've come awfully close. There's a lot of truth in here about how best to support friends who are going through terrible times, the best being to ask them, "How are you today?" rather than "How are you?" because the first question acknowledges the sadness that they're experiencing, while the second question seems more automatic and less heartfelt (plus can almost always be answered, "I'm awful" immediately following a sad event.)
At times, this did feel more like a business manual for grieving, which is why I didn't give it five stars. But to be fair, grief is different for everyone and maybe that's how it was for her. But I give her credit for at least trying to tackle a subject that many people don't even want to acknowledge.
I would recommend this book for anyone going through tough times, anyone who wants to support someone going through tough times, and finally, anyone who's a member of the Sad Story Club. I'm a member and this book taught me a lot about myself and my experience.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher WH Allen for giving me a preview copy in exchange for an honest review.
I was skeptical that Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant would be able to explain to others how to get through it. Perhaps they haven't pulled it off entirely, but they've come awfully close. There's a lot of truth in here about how best to support friends who are going through terrible times, the best being to ask them, "How are you today?" rather than "How are you?" because the first question acknowledges the sadness that they're experiencing, while the second question seems more automatic and less heartfelt (plus can almost always be answered, "I'm awful" immediately following a sad event.)
At times, this did feel more like a business manual for grieving, which is why I didn't give it five stars. But to be fair, grief is different for everyone and maybe that's how it was for her. But I give her credit for at least trying to tackle a subject that many people don't even want to acknowledge.
I would recommend this book for anyone going through tough times, anyone who wants to support someone going through tough times, and finally, anyone who's a member of the Sad Story Club. I'm a member and this book taught me a lot about myself and my experience.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher WH Allen for giving me a preview copy in exchange for an honest review.