Joyful, anyway /
"Life aches. Joy is the cure. After surviving a stage-four cancer diagnosis, Kate Bowler knew she was supposed to be grateful. Alive. Blessed. But she still ached-for more connection, more surprise, less resentment on an ordinary day. So she went looking for joy. Not the toxic positivity kind....
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New York :
The Dial Press,
[2026]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: The music
- Part I: The ache. Joyful, except on Tuesdays
- The ache
- Things I worry I will not survive: An incomplete list
- Hungry, hungry hippos
- The basement
- I asked strangers on the internet what they ache for: A list
- Ashes than dust
- The house
- What causes the ache: An incomplete list
- Toxic positivity
- The formula that solves everything
- Fantastic ideas I've already tried to solve the ache
- The algorithm
- Is this it?
- Part II: Mourning. Swifties
- The list: Recent filings to the complaints department
- Anybody?
- This is not codependency
- Highly sensitive people
- Poisonous pedagogy
- The leaky heart
- Below sea level
- Pruning shears
- Friend-tested rituals for processing the everythingness of life: A list
- Prescription from Henry
- Part III: Joy. A few quick questions before I fill a prescription for joy
- Ta-da!
- Joy (according to researchers) - Puzzle corners
- Joy (according to the grief-stricken)
- Trash walks
- Joy (according to kids I know)
- Hallelujah
- Sideburns
- Microjoys: Tiny delights people reported to me this week
- Made for you
- Among the trees
- The nurse
- Off the edge
- Ways to (almost) guarantee joy for no reason
- Part IV: Living. The biggest tiny thing you can do
- Expect a miracle
- God bless us everyone
- Surprising moments other people have found joy: A list
- The task
- Ways I have been tasked with love lately: An incomplete list
- Ka-boom
- The song.