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December 2009, EDITOR'S PICK OF THE MONTH

Bright-Sided by Barbara Ehrenreich

Mon, Nov 30, 2009

Barbara Ehrenreich is the bestselling author of sixteen previous books, including the bestsellers Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch. A frequent contributor to Harper’s and The Nation, she has also been a columnist at The New York Times and Time magazine

When scientist and journalist Barbara Ehrenreich was diagnosed with breast cancer she did not feel positive, did not want to feel positive, and, in fact she was downright angry. But when she tried to share her feelings in "pink ribbonland" she was told to seek therapy, to "get over" the anger

Ehrenreich, Barbara. Bright-Sided. How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America. Read by Kate Reading. 6 CDs. 8 hrs. Macmillan audio. 2009. 978-1-4172-0836-1. $29.99. Cardboard; content, author notes. *SA

 

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By Jean Palmer

Jean Palmer was a librarian in a public library, then a librarian/educator at the largest private high school library in the US. She also wrote and edited audiobook reviews at KLIATTand many other national and local newspapers and magazines. She is, of course, an audiobook fanatic and, along with Fran Levitov, a founding co-editor of SoundCommentary.com.

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