Author’s Personal Forecast: Not Always Sunny, but Pleasantly Skeptical
In ‘Bright-sided,’ Barbara Ehrenreich Questions Positive Thinking
Barbara Ehrenreich wants to make clear that she is not a spoilsport.
“No one can call me a sourpuss,” she declared. “I have a big foot in the joy camp.”
She is the author of “Dancing in the Streets,” a history of “collective joy,” she notes, and a lot of fun at parties. So her new book, “Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America,” should not be mistaken for a curmudgeonly ...
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