Agridulce (Bittersweet)

If you've ever wondered why you like sad music... If you find comfort or inspiration on a rainy day... If you react intensely to music, art, nature and beauty... Then you probably you identify with the bittersweet feeling. This masterpiece is a mix of research, storytelling and memoir that delves into feelings of sadness and longing, concluding that accepting the bittersweet condition of life is the true path to creativity, connection and transcendence. . Susan Cain demonstrates that bittersweet feeling is the quiet force that helps us transcend our personal and collective pain. If we don't acknowledge our own pain, she says, we may end up inflicting it on others through abuse, domination or neglect. But if we realize that all human beings know, or will know, loss and suffering, we can turn to one another.