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Unthinkable: Think You'll Be Happy: Moving Through Grief with Grit, Grace, and Gratitude – A Memoir of Resilience
New · Politics, Nonfiction, History

Unthinkable: Think You'll Be Happy: Moving Through Grief with Grit, Grace, and Gratitude – A Memoir of Resilience

by Jamie Raskin
2022 · 517 pages · Nonfiction
48 New ★ 4.49 on Goodreads · 7K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 13 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

#1 New York Times bestseller (1 week at #1). 4.49★ from 7K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

48Must-Read Score
  • Readers93 out of 100 · counts 40%+42
  • Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
  • Bestseller16 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+6
  • Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0

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True story, Moving

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