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When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Rabbi Harold Kushner's When Bad Things Happen to Good People explores how people deal with suffering when it enters their lives.

Fast Facts

Author: Harold Kushner
Genre: Self-Help
Publication Date: 1981
Publisher:
Pages: 176
ISBN 1-4000-3472-8)
New York Times bestseller
Inspired by his son who was dying of Projeria

Synopsis

In When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Kushner explores dealing with loss and pain, and looking to holy scripture for answers.

Critical Reception

“Whether religious or not, this book will speak because it touches–profoundly, but simply–on questions no parent and no person can avoid". Harvey Cox, Harvard Divinity School
“This is a book all humanity needs. It will help you understand the painful vicissitudes of this life and enable you to stand up to them creatively". Norman Vincent Peale

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Writing | Books | Self-Help Books

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