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I only made it through 49% and could not flog myself to finish. Spoiler: This book is written by an author that grows up on Park Avenue with a nanny, car service, housekeeper and helicopter available for transportation. This review is not envy, it is disgust. Emotional pain is a human condition that we all experience, that is a given. However, when this author experiences tragedy she takes a year off of work (not that she has to have a career), she gets tutoring to help her at Harvard, she goes home to Park Avenue for the weekends, and does things like work at Weight Watchers for fun and to give her life "purpose." When she doesn't know if she wants to start a business, her dad sends her to Harvard Business School. (which she dedicates chapters to complaining about b/c life at Harvard is so hard.) By 40, most women have experienced the death of their grandparents, the loss of a close friend, dealt with mental health issues/anxiety and they handle these tragedies while they keep working and managing their responsibilities. Life is full of pain, tragedy, and loss, and most Americans experience all of these things while going to work, caring for children/aging parents and being painfully aware that they can't just hit pause on life to "process" because they know what is in their bank account. I am in a field of work that deals with people in poverty, dealing with addiction, child abuse, divorce and real world problems. This book is just like her first book, which she reports was turned down as one big whine fest and complaint about life, this one is no different. I am just glad I got it for free and did not pay to subject myself to this author's very privileged life that she is somehow "surviving."