Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination, (Hardcover)

from Carlathelibrarian

This was short but sweet. I concur with other reviewers that commented that they would love to read more essays from J.K. Rowling. This commencement address to Harvard graduates in 2008 was right on the mark. Her words of wisdom, her humbling but honest comments about her failures and what she le...

from khiemstra631

This is the text of a commencement address that J.K. Rowling made at Harvard University about seven years ago, brought out just in time for this year's graduation. It will undoubtedly be a popular gift for the Harry Potter Generation graduating this year. Rowling offers some good words to grads, ...

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A commencement speech that J.K. Rowling gave to Harvard graduates in 2008. Concise, powerful, inspirational, and interesting. It is certainly uplifting, especially for someone who fails more than succeeds, its great to see how someone so famous overcame her challenges. Though there is always that...

from trayceetee

I appreciate that J.K. Rowling (and her team) took the time to publish her commencement speech for Harvard's class of 2008. It's a very good speech, one that I'd think would have stayed with me, had I been one of those graduates. She makes a great point, early on in her speech: typically, the gra...

from ecataldi

Ahhh, one of my most anticipated books for the year. I have to devour anything that JK Rowling writes and this slim little book was no exception. It's her only anticipated book release for 2015 and it does not disappoint. "Very Good Lives" is an illustrated commencement speech that Rowling gave t...