Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on love and life from Dear Sugar [S0030]

2012 French-flap PB in nice clean condition. Soon to be a Hulu Original series • The internationally acclaimed author of Wild collects the best of The Rumpus' Dear Sugar advice columns plus never-before-published pieces. Rich with humor and insight—and absolute honesty—this "wise and compassionate" (New York Times Book Review) book is a balm for everything life throws our way. Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you; you lose a family member; you can't pay the bills-and it can be great: you've had the hottest sex of your life; you get that plum job; you muster the courage to write your novel. Sugar - the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild- is the person thousands turn to for advice. Tiny Beautiful Things brings the best of Dear Sugar in one place. Rich with humor, insight, compassion-and absolute honesty-this book is a balm for everything life throws our way.

From Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "There is more sensible advice here than I've ever found in one place about how to get from age 20 to 40 with your integrity and heart both in good working order. Her personal stories knocked me over, but this isn't 'you think you have pain, let me tell you,' this is genuine truth and love and compassion."

"Two overarching themes I detected from this amazing collection:

1) Talk to people. Even if the communication is awkward, or vulnerable, or straight-out uncomfortable, do it anyway. Ruminating endlessly on your own accomplishes little, and these scary conversations can often bring people closer. 2) If you want your life to get better, make it better. If that involves creating boundaries or leaving a loving relationship, do it. If that involves seeking therapy, do it."

"Recommended to anyone interested in becoming a better, more resilient and generous human. Also recommended to those who enjoy creative nonfiction and essays. I know I will come back to this book many times."

"If you love reading advice columns as much as I do, then you will definitely love this book. I loved reading every single letter and response, and some of them even made me cry (keep your tissues handy). It's nice reading others' personal (although anonymous) letters and feeling a sense of connection through them. I wish that I would have had this book 20-30 years ago, because I think it might have helped me along the way. I've never really had anyone that I could talk to or confide in, and this advice column was just phenomenal. Strayed's responses were so professional, empathetic, thoughtful, informative, and inspiring."