Option B Paperback – 1 January 2019

Quick and easy to read - talks very well about pain, grief and resilience. It brings a few lessons to take away and inspiration from different people. I liked that these lessons are not preachy and are backed by some stats - Recommended reading 👍

It's a one of its kind book that talks about building resilience in the face of tragedy. It's a great read for people in that kinda situation but it kinda seems depressing to think about coping with the lose of loved ones if you aren't in one such unfortunate situation. IT covers all aspects of coping with a tragedy.

Extremely wonderful book. Easy to understand for the common people even without psychology background.1. Presentation style is extremely good;. Inspiring for people to go ahead with their respective lives with all sort of adversity in all stages of life and development. I have informed, inspired few of my friends to read this book, gave them my copy of the book to read, made them to visit the OptionB website, etc,.2. The challenges I find is the support system/groups for any sort of problem in any area is most easily available in United States, whereas in other developing countries like India, finding such support groups/system is a challenging task. We can see this itself as a challenge and must be willing to create support groups/systems in this situation for different specialties (Option B). It will be good if this book gets translated into many local languages to reach out to non-English speaking audiences in India and other countries. Highly recommend this book for anyone. No second thoughts about buying this book. WORTH IT...

Before going ahead with the review, I must clarify that I do not have any experience of losing a loved one to death. That maybe the reason for my review bias. And going by some other reviews, I expected the book to make me cry: it did not.The book has two parts intertwined into each other- Sheryl Sandberg's personal stories regarding her husband's death and Adam Grant's psychological research on resilience. The book is really interesting in parts where the stories are personal and Sheryl does a great job at bringing all the emotional elephants in the room out in the book. She discusses in detail all the feelings and difficult conversations she has with her friends and family after her unimaginable loss.The book is a slight let down because then all the authenticity of emotions regarding grief seem to be washed and watered down with research and data. Sure research is important, but it would have been better if it were a separate book or a separate section so readers could choose which one to focus on. I'm not sure anyone in the midst of grieving would want to read, "Illness is a factor in more than 40% of the bankruptcies in the U.S., and there's evidence that people with cancer are more than 2.5 times more likely to file for bankruptcy."The first 5 chapters seem to be more personalised and deal with recognising and managing feelings while the next 5 deal with building resilience and growing from loss and has more third-person stories.It is a small book, and can easily be read in a short time. Although I recommend reading it for Sheryl's personal stories, I think there might be better books on grieving and facing adversity than this. [Do check out Man's Seach For Meaning by Victor Frankl][ I bought a paperback version of the book and the pages, binding, fonts are all good.]

I thought Lean in was great.. but this book is Way better! The stories are absolutely inspiring and eye opening. I hope You read this book before you deal with someone going through grief of any sort.. it will help you be a better friend that person in their hour of need.If you are going through some grief of any sort, please pick up this book.. it may help you too. Hang in there

Sheryl has elucidated her journey from asversity to joy in a very effective and impactful way. I really liked reading the research she has quoted in book from around the world. It was very relevant and easy to relate to. I would recommend this short read to anyone who finds himself/herself sailing in the boat of despair and has given up. There is always a way around life!

I was initially hesitant about buying this book - my fear was that it would be too depressing to read about death and personal setbacks and yet the title prmoised hope. What I liked about the book is that Sheryl has shared her story of loss and resilience in a truly authentic manner. It requires great courage to be so open about personal emotions and fears. What comes through is her compassion for others, sharing her journey of resilience ro reach out to others, give hope. But this book is not just about emotions. There is a lot of learning backed by research and knowledge. Though the book is wriiten in Sheryl's voice, I am able to see & understand the wisdom and thought process of Prof. Adam Grant that forms the lifeline. I recommend this book to everyone (not just those who are battling with a personal loss) for three valuable lessons I learnt :1) Resilience is a muscle that needs to be built not during a crisis but during normal low stress times. 2) we need to learn how to be compassionate, communicate with people who are under extreme stress, how to support them the way the want. 3) we need to learn to enjoy each moment, appreciate the small and big things that we are blessed with in life, and be thankful for God's grace.

It was very good book, i am posting this after i have read this book.. i have read 160 pages in around 60 days.. some pages took time to absorb the content as there was a lot of stuff in single page only, to self analyze myself with what author trying to explain.