Bittersweet: Finding Purpose in Sorrow, with Susan Cain
b"Susan\\xa0Cain\\xa0shot to fame in 2012 with her international bestseller\\xa0Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can\\u2019t Stop Talking, in which she urged society to cultivate space for the undervalued introverts among us. Now she's back with another book asking us to reassess how we think about self expression: Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole. The book argues that by embracing the bittersweet at the heart of life \\u2013 the sense that joy and sorrow are always paired \\u2013 we can gain a heightened appreciation of the wonder and beauty of our own personal experience and throughout wider culture too. Our host for the discussion is writer, academic and broadcaster, Shahidha Bari.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"