Very Good Lives
The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
Published on 14. April 2015
Book
Hardback
80 pages
978-1-4087-0678-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Illustrations
Integrated photos b/w
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
220 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4087-0678-7 (9781408706787)
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E-Book
04/2015
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€7.99
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Persons
J.K. Rowling is the author of the enduringly popular, era-defining Harry Potter seven-book series, as well as several stand-alone novels for adults and children, and the acclaimed Strike crime fiction series written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Many of her books have been adapted for film and television, and she has collaborated on a play continuing Harry's story on stage, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and a new series of films inspired by her series companion volume Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.