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Phosphorescence

On awe, wonder & things that sustain you when the world goes dark

Julia Baird Julia Baird

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English
Bolinda/HarperCollins Audio
19 March 2020
Over the last decade, we have become better at knowing what brings us contentment, well-being and joy. We know, for example, that there are a few core truths to the science of happiness. We know that being kind and altruistic makes us happy, that turning off devices, talking to people, forging relationships, living with meaning and delving into the concerns of others offer our best chance at achieving happiness. But how do we retain happiness? It often slips out of our hands as quickly as we find it. So, when we are exposed to, or learn, good things, how do we continue to burn with them?

And more than that, when our world goes dark, when we're overwhelmed by illness or heartbreak, loss or pain, how do we survive, stay alive or even bloom? In the muck and grit of a daily existence full of disappointments and a disturbing lack of control over many of the things that matter most - finite relationships, fragile health, fraying economies, a planet in peril – how do we find, nurture and carry our own inner, living light – a light to ward off the darkness?
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Imprint:   Bolinda/HarperCollins Audio
Country of Publication:   Australia
Edition:   Simultaneous Release
Dimensions:   Height: 122mm,  Width: 132mm,  Spine: 14mm
Weight:   68g
ISBN:   9781460790410
ISBN 10:   1460790413
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active

Julia Baird is an award-winning author and journalist. She co-hosts The Drum on ABC TV and writes columns for the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and Harper’s Bazaar. She is a former senior editor of Newsweek and op-ed contributor for the New York Times. Her biography of Queen Victoria was one of the New York Times’ top ten books of 2016 and her third book, Phosphorescence, was a multi-award-winning international bestseller. Julia lives near the sea with her two children and an abnormally large dog. Julia Baird is an award-winning author and journalist. She co-hosts The Drum on ABC TV and writes columns for the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and Harper’s Bazaar. She is a former senior editor of Newsweek and op-ed contributor for the New York Times. Her biography of Queen Victoria was one of the New York Times’ top ten books of 2016 and her third book, Phosphorescence, was a multi-award-winning international bestseller. Julia lives near the sea with her two children and an abnormally large dog.

Reviews for Phosphorescence: On awe, wonder & things that sustain you when the world goes dark

‘Literary, insightful, curious, pellucid and glinting with insights ... a boundlessly generous book, full of little luminous treasures’ -- Annabel Crabb, bestselling author of The Wife Drought


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