Optimist

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By: Laurence Shorter

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Paperback | 7 January 2010 | Edition Number 1

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336 Pages

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19.7 x 12.8 x 2.4

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When it comes to bad news, we've never had it so good. Laurence Shorter is feeling anxious. Every time he turns on the radio or opens a newspaper he finds another reason to be tearful. It's time to make a change. It's time to meet some positive thinkers. The Optimist charts Laurence's quest for inner happiness. Can Desmond Tutu bring a smile to Laurence's face? Will he ride out the tide of pessimism with California's famous Surfing Rabbi? Or will it fall to the ultimate icon of optimism, Bill Clinton, to show Laurence the brighter side of life? The Optimist is a hilarious and life-affirming stand against the grind of everyday strife.

Industry Reviews

* If you're feeling pessimistic about the year ahead, this book does cheer you up. Sunday Times * Witty writer ... restore[s] a little faith in humanity's future. Financial Times 20090110 * Shorter is a snappy writer - fast, compelling, sympathetic and seemingly honest. Observer 20090125 * Deliciously quirky and enormously funny, it brims over with the sort of joie de vivre that would brighten the darkest day. Good Book Guide * Amusing and intriguing. Mail On Sunday * Learning how Richard Branson remains eternally cheerful or how a Buddhist monk became known as 'the happiest man in the world' is pretty inspiring. Metro * [An] anti-misery memoir. Evening Standard * Funny and inspiring ... a book that's a reason to be cheerful in itself. Waterstone's Books Quarterly 20090101 * Shorter is a snappy writer - fast, compelling, sympathetic and ... honest. Observer * After depressing himself listening to the news, Laurence Shorter resolves to save the world and his sanity by reinventing optimism. Sunday Herald 20100110

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