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Stop Smiling, Start Kvetching: A 5-Step Guide to Creative Complaining
Stop Smiling Start Kvetching A 5-Step Guide to Creative Complaining
Author: Barbara S. Held
Are you sick of being told "Smile-look on the bright side"? Do you feel guilty when you admit you're having a bad day? — If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are a victim of the "don't worry, be happy" mentality that is pervading America. Dr. Held, convinced that having to smile through life's problems only adds insult to injury, is...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312283513
ISBN-10: 0312283512
Publication Date: 9/4/2001
Pages: 144
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Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Book Type: Paperback
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This is an excellent guide explaining the importance of and effective ways to express emotions usually oppressed, ignored, and avoided in our current culture of the cult of happiness. Barbara Ehrenreich cites this book in her newest one, Bright-Sided, which explains how the cult of happiness helped bring about the economic crisis in the United States.
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