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Title: Bouncing Back: I'Ve Survived Everything...and I Mean Everything...and You Can Too! by Joan Rivers, Ralph Schoenstein ISBN: 0-06-017821-3 Publisher: Harpercollins Pub. Date: 01 February, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.45 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Survive, be happy, live and love again - wise words
Comment: ...which summarize Joan Rivers' little book. She explains her own life's problems - very significant difficulties from near bankruptcy, professional pariah-hood to the suicide of her husband of nearly 30 years and bulimia.
Some may not like the occasionally flippant tone which is Rivers' hallmark but there's no doubt in my mind of her sincerity, depth of determination and that she grew through the horrible suffering she felt at the suicide of her husband. She describes some very personal difficulties with style and candor.
She does not advocate the currently fashionable "society of victimhood" and cites as one example a woman who witnessed the tragic shootings at Kent State in 1970. This woman's view in 1995: "my life stopped" - Joan's view: "Get over it - that was 25 years ago! How can your life stop?" Sounds flippant but if you read the book you'll see that becoming a self-pitying zombie helps no one and there is ALWAYS someone worse off than you.
Excellent book, uplifting, interesting and unpretentious (Joan mentions she doesn't have a PhD she has an IBTIA [I've been through it all]).
I highly recommend it even if you aren't going through a crisis - it will help you understand someone who is.
Rating: 2
Summary: Well-meaning, but misses the mark
Comment: Though Joan Rivers has gone through some rough times, her qualifications as a motivational speaker/self-help guru are lacking. She instructs people who have gone through major life crises (i.e. the loss of a spouse, major illnesses, etc.) not to wallow in their pain for more than one weekend. How can a person possibly get over the loss of a loved one in just one weekend? This book, with its one-liners, trivializes people's pain and suffering by saying that you have to "snap out of it," and suggests that redecorating the house will make one feel better. Rivers should stick with what she knows best -- insulting people.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very uplifting
Comment: Joan has some helpful advice on how to overcome obstacles in life. While she is not a psychologist, she has been through many painful things in her life and has always "bounced back."
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Title: Don't Count the Candles: Just Keep the Fire Lit! by Joan Rivers ISBN: 0694520810 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror by Richard A. Clarke ISBN: 0743260244 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 22 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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