{"product_id":"joyful-anyway","title":"Joyful, Anyway","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A profound, funny, and deeply human case for joy that doesn't depend on everything getting better, from the beloved author of \u003ci\u003eEverything Happens for a Reason\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNo Cure for Being Human \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eJoyful, Anyway \u003c\/i\u003eis colorful and layered, unafraid of the occasional gut-punch of raw feeling and vulnerability--much like Kate Bowler herself. She suffers no fools, especially the toxic optimists.\"--Jerry Seinfeld \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A book to take you through life's aftermaths.\"--Katherine May, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWintering\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrue joy--an unmistakable blend of gratitude, hope, and delight--will find you, even in the midst of sadness. Allowing yourself to receive this gift is what will get you through. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe are overwhelmed. Frightening headlines, illness, uncertainty, grief, and email. We are left wondering why, if we're doing everything right, life still feels like an endless game of whack-a-mole. \u003ci\u003eJoyful, Anway\u003c\/i\u003e is bestselling author Kate Bowler's bracingly honest exploration of this dilemma. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy sharing her personal experience and stories from some of our culture's preeminent historians, philosophers, and religious scholars, Bowler presents an original and inspiring understanding of joy. This is a type of joy that is different from happiness, and it does not depend on resolving the things that make life difficult. Drawing on a decade of living with serious illness and a lifetime, as a divinity professor, studying America's obsession with progress, she shows why the relentless pursuit of happiness may, in fact, keep us from experiencing true joy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoy isn't something you can optimize or manufacture. It subverts our expectations, finding us when life rewrites our scripts. \u003ci\u003eJoyful, Anyway\u003c\/i\u003e offers language for the ache we all carry and practices--loosening control, introducing novelty, choosing charity--that will open us up to the surprising, technicolor moments that pull us back into life. Inspiring, funny, and soulful, \u003ci\u003eJoyful, Anyway\u003c\/i\u003e is a book you will turn to again and again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoy reminds us that no matter what, life is still worth loving. For every time we ask \u003ci\u003eis this it?, \u003c\/i\u003e joy will answer: \u003ci\u003eThere is more\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Kate Bowler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54051817095381,"sku":"BS-I6J-734193","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780593734193-HD.jpg?v=1781636658","url":"https:\/\/www.acornbookshop.com\/products\/joyful-anyway","provider":"Acorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}