{"product_id":"9780593734193","title":"Joyful, Anyway","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eBowler, Kate\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Dial Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4\/7\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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":"The Dial Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058317246719,"sku":"9780593734193","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780593734193_s600x595.jpg?v=1780933321","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780593734193","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}