Bittersweet

Hudson Avery gave up a promising competitive ice skating career after her parents divorced when she was fourteen years o... (more)

Hudson Avery gave up a promising competitive ice skating career after her parents divorced when she was fourteen years old and now spends her time baking cupcakes and helping out in her mother's upstate New York diner, but when she gets a chance at a scholarship and starts coaching the boys' hockey team, she realizes that she is not through with ice skating after all. (less)

The four Latimer sisters, two sets of twins famed throughout 1920s New South Wales for their beauty, train as nurses and... (more)

The four Latimer sisters, two sets of twins famed throughout 1920s New South Wales for their beauty, train as nurses and become immersed in hospital experiences that spark maturity, independence, and ambitions that involve complicated choices. (less)

"Cain shows how a bittersweet state of mind is the quiet force that helps us transcend our personal and collective pain.... (more)

"Cain shows how a bittersweet state of mind is the quiet force that helps us transcend our personal and collective pain. If we don't acknowledge our own sorrows and longings, she says, we can end up inflicting them on others via abuse, domination, or neglect. But if we realize that all humans know--or will know--loss and suffering, we can turn toward each other. And we can learn to transform our own pain into creativity, transcendence, and connection"-- (less)

"Cain shows how a bittersweet state of mind is the quiet force that helps us transcend our personal and collective pain.... (more)

"Cain shows how a bittersweet state of mind is the quiet force that helps us transcend our personal and collective pain. If we don't acknowledge our own sorrows and longings, she says, we can end up inflicting them on others via abuse, domination, or neglect. But if we realize that all humans know - or will know - loss and suffering, we can turn toward each other. And we can learn to transform our own pain into creativity, transcendence, and connection"-- (less)