Very Good Lives by J.K. Rowling

Very Good Lives

by J.K. Rowling

In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencement speech at Harvard University. Now published for the first time in book form, Very Good Lives offers J.K. Rowling's words of wisdom for anyone at a turning point in life, asking the profound and provocative questions: How can we embrace failure? And how can we use our imagination to better both ourselves and others?

Drawing from stories of her own post-graduate years, the world-famous author addresses some of life's most important issues with acuity and emotional force.

Reviewed by celinenyx on

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A bit shorter than I had expected this to be - it is 80 pages, but most pages only have a tiny handful of words. The hardback edition is absolutely stunning, filled with drawings. Rowling is always inspiring, but in the end I wished the speech was either a bit longer, or that she had written an additional afterword for this edition.

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