| Imperfect Control: Our Lifelong Struggles with Power and Surrender Contributor(s): Viorst, Judith (Author) |
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ISBN: 0684848147 ISBN-13: 9780684848143 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $25.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1999 Annotation: In this magnificent follow-up to her bestselling "Necessary Losses", Viorst explores the need to control events, ourselves, and those around us. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Personal Growth - Self-esteem - Self-help | Personal Growth - General - Psychology | Emotions |
| Dewey: 158.1 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.25 lbs) 448 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Topical - Self-Esteem |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In her remarkable national bestseller, Necessary Losses, Judith Viorst explored how we are shaped by the various losses we experience throughout our lives. Now, in her wise and perceptive new book, Imperfect Control, she shows us how our sense of self and all our important relationships are colored by our struggles over control: over wanting it and taking it, loving it and fearing it, and figuring out when the time has come to surrender it. Writing with compassion, acute psychological insight, and a touch of her trademark humor, Viorst invites us to contemplate the limits and possibilities of our control. She shows us how our lives can be shaped by our actions and our choices. She reminds us, too, that we sometimes should choose to let go. And she encourages us to find our own best balance between power and surrende |
Contributor Bio(s): Viorst, Judith: - Judith Viorst is the author of the beloved Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, which has sold some four million copies; the Lulu books, including Lulu and the Brontosaurus; the New York Times bestseller Necessary Losses; four musicals; and poetry for children and young adults. Her most recent books of poetry include What Are You Glad About? What Are You Mad About? and Nearing Ninety. |