Smile Or Die

How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World

Barbara Ehrenreich author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Granta Books

Published:4th Mar '21

Should be back in stock very soon

Smile Or Die cover

A brilliant, savagely funny attack on the cult of positive thinking - Ehrenreich's most compelling book since Nickel and Dimed.

Bombarded by pink ribbons and platitudes following a breast cancer diagnosis, Ehrenreich was shocked to find that her anger was seen as unhealthy and dangerous by health professionals and other professionals. From health to academia, the economy to Iraq, Ehrenreich exposes a trail of denial, delusion, and bad faith, and reveals the often disastrous consequences of putting on 'a happy face'. Rigorous, insightful and also incredibly funny, Smile or Die is a sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking.

ISBN: 9781783787531

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 15mm

Weight: 183g

256 pages