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    Hope In Small Doses
    Hope In Small Doses
    Hope In Small Doses
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    Hope In Small Doses

    By Nikki Stern

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    What is hope? Is it instinctive or learned? Is it necessary or possible? How can a life-long doubter bring it into her life?

    Armed with questions, author Nikki Stern writes about a journey in search of a hope that will sustain her, especially after losing her husband on 9/11. The certainty-driven hope that insists on divine providence provides no help. Nor does the me-centric version that insists we're able to get exactly what we want whenever we want it.

    Instead, she custom-tailors a sort of faith that thrives even without guarantees because it allows for endless possibilities. Flexible, reasonable and uplifting, it's a hope that works perfectly for our anxious times.

    HOPE IN SMALL DOSES is a 2015 Eric Hoffer Montaigne Medal finalist. The award honors books that “illuminate, progress, or redirect thought."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNikki Stern
    Release dateApr 4, 2015
    ISBN9781311504852
    Hope In Small Doses
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    Nikki Stern

    I’m the author of four books, including HOPE IN SMALL DOSES, which was both an Eric Hoffer medal finalist and a BookList book of the week, and THE FORMER ASSASSIN, a suspense thriller and Kindle Review category finalist for 2018. My latest is THE WEDDING CRASHER, which was the 2019 Kindle Book Review winner in the mystery category. My essays have appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, Newsweek, and Humanist Magazine, as well as three anthologies. I belong to Sisters in Crime and Independent Book Publishers Association.

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    • 1/5
      This book is a good summary of humanist theory on hope. It is written for a relatively low reading level and would be acceptable to those who have done a little thinking in the areas of hope and fear. Unfortunately, it mainly consists of quotes from other more well-read authors with bloggish commentary in-between. I've read Pema Chondron on hope in difficult times and this in no way approximates the in-depth thought of Chondron's writing.Throughout we are invited to participate in the discussion, and I suppose this would be a good thing for many, but it also leads one to wonder if the author is a part of the happiness industry she decries.There are the usual descriptions of the person who is told their cancer is the fault of their attitude; another "friend" is described as finally having to deal with Parkinson's after "years of denial" (and what's wrong with that??); even the author's mother comes in for criticism because she just coped with her pain and disability and "gained 50 pounds" after she was disabled with arthritis.These things, above all, made me dislike the author. As someone who lives with a chronic, unpredictable disease (MS) I can do many things to make myself better and still the disease will have its way with me. All in all, a surface exploration of the topic by someone who has had enough tragedy in her life to make her aware of the need for sensitivity, yet a lack of same.
    • 4/5
      In all fairness for a review, I had to read the beginning chapters again, as it seemed to be too deep and detailed for the subject of "hope". As I read further, I started to enjoy the author's obserations on hope and found myself using post-its to mark pages to refer back to , such as the HOPE SCALE developed by C.R. Snyder, a believer in 'learned hope'.Author Nikki Stern, widowed in the 9-11 attack, covers the subject of hope from many angels, and invites discussions at the end of each chapter. this is not a book to read at the beach, or one to read for 'only entertainment. This is not a book , though, that is too deep to be enjoyed but one to savor slowly, like a good meal, and to even invite others to join you via the aforementioned discussions. To do this the author asks us to travel with her in her search for the meaning of hope and to be a participant in conversations with others on the internet. One paragraph stood out for me: "hope doesn't require that we give ourselves over to a higher power or to the idea that we can become life's master manipulators. .....the best way of getting through is to quit worrying about what can't be known and focus instead on what can be done."....Hope thus becomes not the certainty of the destination but the pleasure of the journey.
    • 2/5
      I could not get into Hope in Small Doses. I was looking forward to it but was disappointed. There were wonderful quotes and pictures and interesting thoughts but it just wasn't working for me. I will add the caveat that personal circumstances may be adding a negative outlook.
    • 2/5
      This book wasn't what I expected, given the publisher's blurb. I was hoping for vignettes about having hope in small doses and/or a developed essay on the topic of hope. Instead, it was a rather rambling essay. The author frequently strayed far from the main point, or, at least, I couldn't follow how all of her side trips into other discussions had much to do with the main idea.Chapter 6 was excellent and it should have been published as an essay somewhere. The rest of the book, though, was not very interesting, and I had a hard time slogging through it.
    • 3/5
      I'm afraid this one just didn't do it for me. Maybe it's just me but it seemed to be a random selection of thoughts strung together in no particular order. I admire the way Nikki Stern has kept on looking forward after her husband's sad death, I know how difficult that is but I just couldn't get the meaning of the book. I was left with a 'what's that all about?' attitude. I really wanted to read this book about hope as I think we all need it and it's in short supply right now but I'm sorry to say, this didn't hit the spot.
    • 2/5
      Nikki Stern is a self confessed sceptic, she has been through a great deal and so I liked the sentiment behind the idea of the book. I looked forward to reading the book and looking forward to things, Stern says is the very essence of ‘hope.’However the book itself I found depressing, oh the irony. Stern has done her research, is opinionated, there are great quotes, beautiful photographs and yet I kept reading because I hoped she might tell me the trick. How might I acquire hope in small doses? Training the mind, one's own temperament or do we make it up as we go along? There was never an answer, just lots of facts and digression. I think this was more an exercise and question in the author’s mind.

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